A life spent in constant labor is a life wasted, save a man be such a fool as to regard a fulsome obituary notice as ample reward.

Quote by George Jean Nathan

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Love is the emotion that a woman feels always for a poodle dog and sometimes...

Love is the emotion that a woman feels always for a poodle dog and sometimes...

An optimist is a fellow who believes a housefly is looking for a way to...

An optimist is a fellow who believes a housefly is looking for a way to...

It is only the cynicism that is born of success that is penetrating and valid.

It is only the cynicism that is born of success that is penetrating and valid.

A man reserves his true and deepest love not for the species of woman in...

A man reserves his true and deepest love not for the species of woman in...

Love demands infinitely less than friendship.

Love demands infinitely less than friendship.

I know many married men, I even know a few happily married men, but I...

I know many married men, I even know a few happily married men, but I...

Bad officials are elected by good citizens who do not vote.

Bad officials are elected by good citizens who do not vote.

Great art is as irrational as great music. It is mad with its own loveliness.

Great art is as irrational as great music. It is mad with its own loveliness.

No man thinks clearly when his fists are clenched.

No man thinks clearly when his fists are clenched.

Criticism is the art of appraising others at one's own value.

Criticism is the art of appraising others at one's own value.

It is also said of me that I now and then contradict myself. Yes, I...

It is also said of me that I now and then contradict myself. Yes, I...

So long as there is one pretty girl left on the stage, the professional undertakers...

So long as there is one pretty girl left on the stage, the professional undertakers...

A man admires a woman not for what she says, but what she listens to.

A man admires a woman not for what she says, but what she listens to.

Common sense, in so far as it exists, is all for the bourgeoisie. Nonsense is...

Common sense, in so far as it exists, is all for the bourgeoisie. Nonsense is...

An actor without a playwright is like a hole without a doughnut.

An actor without a playwright is like a hole without a doughnut.

Bad officials are the ones elected by good citizens who do not vote.

Bad officials are the ones elected by good citizens who do not vote.

What passes for woman's intuition is often nothing more than man's transparency.

What passes for woman's intuition is often nothing more than man's transparency.

The two operations of our understanding, intuition and deduction, on which alone we have said...

The two operations of our understanding, intuition and deduction, on which alone we have said...

You must train your intuition - you must trust the small voice inside you which...

You must train your intuition - you must trust the small voice inside you which...

You have to leave the city of your comfort and go into the wilderness of...

You have to leave the city of your comfort and go into the wilderness of...

The scorn men express for a male who does housework is exceeded only by their...

The scorn men express for a male who does housework is exceeded only by their...