Misfortune, and recited misfortune especially, may be prolonged to the point where it ceases to excite pity and arouses only irritation.

Quote by Dorothy Parker

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The only ism Hollywood believes in is plagiarism.

The only ism Hollywood believes in is plagiarism.

Sorrow is tranquillity remembered in emotion.

Sorrow is tranquillity remembered in emotion.

If you're going to write, don't pretend to write down. It's going to be the...

If you're going to write, don't pretend to write down. It's going to be the...

Sometimes I think Ill give up trying, and just go completely Russian and sit on...

Sometimes I think Ill give up trying, and just go completely Russian and sit on...

Scratch a lover, and find a foe.

Scratch a lover, and find a foe.

Prince, a precept I'd leave for you, Coined in Eden, existing yet: Skirt the parlor,...

Prince, a precept I'd leave for you, Coined in Eden, existing yet: Skirt the parlor,...

Money was made, not to command our will, But all our lawful pleasures to fulfill....

Money was made, not to command our will, But all our lawful pleasures to fulfill....

Idleness, sorrow, a friend, and a foe.

Idleness, sorrow, a friend, and a foe.

Brevity is the soul of lingerie.

Brevity is the soul of lingerie.

Drink and dance and laugh and lie, Love, the reeling midnight through, For tomorrow we...

Drink and dance and laugh and lie, Love, the reeling midnight through, For tomorrow we...

Oh, life is a glorious cycle of song, A medley of extemporanea; And love is...

Oh, life is a glorious cycle of song, A medley of extemporanea; And love is...

Money is only congealed snow.

Money is only congealed snow.

Enjoyed it! One more drink and I'd have been under the host.

Enjoyed it! One more drink and I'd have been under the host.

Money was made, not to command our will, But all our lawful pleasures to fulfill....

Money was made, not to command our will, But all our lawful pleasures to fulfill....

My land is bare of chattering folk; the clouds are low along the ridges and...

My land is bare of chattering folk; the clouds are low along the ridges and...

I wish I could drink like a lady I can take one or two at...

I wish I could drink like a lady I can take one or two at...

If you want to know what God thinks of money, just look at the people...

If you want to know what God thinks of money, just look at the people...

Gratitude - the meanest and most snivelling attribute in the world.

Gratitude - the meanest and most snivelling attribute in the world.

To tremble before anticipated evils is to bemoan what thou hast never lost.

To tremble before anticipated evils is to bemoan what thou hast never lost.

Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it.

Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it.