Decency must be an even more exhausting state to maintain than its opposite. Those who succeed seem to need a stupefying amount of sleep.

Quote by Quentin Crisp

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The British do not expect happiness. I had the impression, all the time that I...

The British do not expect happiness. I had the impression, all the time that I...

There are three reasons for becoming a writer: the first is that you need the...

There are three reasons for becoming a writer: the first is that you need the...

There is no need to do any housework at all. After the first four years...

There is no need to do any housework at all. After the first four years...

Men get laid, but women get screwed.

Men get laid, but women get screwed.

You fall out of your mother's womb, you crawl across open country under fire, and...

You fall out of your mother's womb, you crawl across open country under fire, and...

If at first you don't succeed, failure may be your style.

If at first you don't succeed, failure may be your style.

There is no need to do any housework at all. After the first four years...

There is no need to do any housework at all. After the first four years...

Vice is its own reward. It is virtue which, if it is to be marketed...

Vice is its own reward. It is virtue which, if it is to be marketed...

Manners are love in a cool climate.

Manners are love in a cool climate.

Is not the whole world a vast house of assignation of which the filing system...

Is not the whole world a vast house of assignation of which the filing system...

The very purpose of existence is to reconcile the glowing opinion we hold of ourselves...

The very purpose of existence is to reconcile the glowing opinion we hold of ourselves...

It is explained that all relationships require a little give and take. This is untrue....

It is explained that all relationships require a little give and take. This is untrue....

I recommend limiting one's involvement in other people's lives to a pleasantly scant minimum.

I recommend limiting one's involvement in other people's lives to a pleasantly scant minimum.

Nothing more rapidly inclines a person to go into a monastery than reading a book...

Nothing more rapidly inclines a person to go into a monastery than reading a book...

One should always be wary of anyone who promises that their love will last longer...

One should always be wary of anyone who promises that their love will last longer...

It is not the simple statement of facts that ushers in freedom; it is the...

It is not the simple statement of facts that ushers in freedom; it is the...

I simply haven't the nerve to imagine a being, a force, a cause which keeps...

I simply haven't the nerve to imagine a being, a force, a cause which keeps...

My mother protected me from the world and my father threatened me with it.

My mother protected me from the world and my father threatened me with it.

The formula for achieving a successful relationship is simple: you should treat all disasters as...

The formula for achieving a successful relationship is simple: you should treat all disasters as...

The poverty from which I have suffered could be diagnosed as Soho poverty. It comes...

The poverty from which I have suffered could be diagnosed as Soho poverty. It comes...