Abatement in the hostility of one’s enemies must never be thought to signify they have been won over. It only means that one has ceased to constitute a threat.
QUENTIN CRISPDevelopment of character consists solely in moving toward self-sufficiency.
More Quentin Crisp Quotes
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Politics are not an instrument for effecting social change; they are the art of making the inevitable appear to be a matter of wise human choice.
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Never get involved with someone who wants to change you
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I’m happy to say she was laughing while she said it, but she meant it. I’ve never learned to be a candle burning in an empty room. So I go on the screen, and I say whatever I’m told to say.
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If I were God – and I never understand why I’m not – I should say, “Shop around, I don’t think you’ll find a better bargain than here.”
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Happiness is the only thing I understand.
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I’ve never not been famous.
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Life was a funny thing that happened to me on the way to the grave.
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The gymnasiacs of Venice, in California, are so addicted to these practices that there has arisen a nation of men who can no longer put their arms against their sides
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You fall out of your mother’s womb, you crawl across open country under fire, and drop into your grave.
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Manners are love in a cool climate.
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The curiosity of the neighbors about you, is a tribute to your individuality, and you should encourage it
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There is no need to do any housework at all. After the first four years the dirt doesn’t get any worse.
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Because it is in the nature of things that they become extreme, we have passed down from manliness to cruelty. If I had been told when I was 20 that there was a tavern in the town where the brave and the cruel were gathered together,
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What would you be like if you were the only person in the world? If you want to be truly happy you must be that person.
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You will survive if you believe in yourself.
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