Nothing is permanent in this wicked world - not even our troubles.

Quote by Charlie Chaplin

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A man's true character comes out when he's drunk.

A man's true character comes out when he's drunk.

Why should poetry have to make sense?

Why should poetry have to make sense?

I am at peace with God. My conflict is with Man.

I am at peace with God. My conflict is with Man.

I'd sooner be called a successful crook than a destitute monarch.

I'd sooner be called a successful crook than a destitute monarch.

In the end, everything is a gag.

In the end, everything is a gag.

I don't believe that the public knows what it wants; this is the conclusion that...

I don't believe that the public knows what it wants; this is the conclusion that...

All my pictures are built around the idea of getting in trouble and so giving...

All my pictures are built around the idea of getting in trouble and so giving...

We might as well die as to go on living like this.

We might as well die as to go on living like this.

I went into the business for the money, and the art grew out of it....

I went into the business for the money, and the art grew out of it....

We all want to help one another. Human beings are like that. We want to...

We all want to help one another. Human beings are like that. We want to...

Brunettes are troublemakers. They're worse than the Jews.

Brunettes are troublemakers. They're worse than the Jews.

Failure is unimportant. It takes courage to make a fool of yourself.

Failure is unimportant. It takes courage to make a fool of yourself.

Life is a tragedy when seen in close-up, but a comedy in long-shot.

Life is a tragedy when seen in close-up, but a comedy in long-shot.

Man as an individual is a genius. But men in the mass form the headless...

Man as an individual is a genius. But men in the mass form the headless...

I suppose that's one of the ironies of life doing the wrong thing at the...

I suppose that's one of the ironies of life doing the wrong thing at the...

The saddest thing I can imagine is to get used to luxury.

The saddest thing I can imagine is to get used to luxury.

That is why, no matter how desperate the predicament is, I am always very much...

That is why, no matter how desperate the predicament is, I am always very much...

Remember, you can always stoop and pick up nothing.

Remember, you can always stoop and pick up nothing.

The hate of men will pass, and dictators die, and the power they took from...

The hate of men will pass, and dictators die, and the power they took from...

I remain just one thing, and one thing only, and that is a clown. It...

I remain just one thing, and one thing only, and that is a clown. It...