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

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

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.

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...

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.

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

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

Patriotism is often an arbitrary veneration of real estate above principles.

Patriotism is often an arbitrary veneration of real estate above principles.

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.

Politics is the diversion of trivial men who, when they succeed at it, become important...

Politics is the diversion of trivial men who, when they succeed at it, become important...

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.

Women, as they grow older, rely more and more on cosmetics. Men, as they grow...

Women, as they grow older, rely more and more on cosmetics. Men, as they grow...

Criticism is the windows and chandeliers of art: it illuminates the enveloping darkness in which...

Criticism is the windows and chandeliers of art: it illuminates the enveloping darkness in which...

Patriotism is often an arbitrary veneration of real estate above principles.

Patriotism is often an arbitrary veneration of real estate above principles.

Whenever a man encounters a woman in a mood he doesn't understand, he wants to...

Whenever a man encounters a woman in a mood he doesn't understand, he wants to...

I only drink to make other people seem interesting.

I only drink to make other people seem interesting.

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...

To speak of morals in art is to speak of legislature in sex. Art is...

To speak of morals in art is to speak of legislature in sex. Art is...

I drink to make other people interesting.

I drink to make other people interesting.

Politics is the diversion of trivial men who, when they succeed at it, become important...

Politics is the diversion of trivial men who, when they succeed at it, become important...

If a psychiatric and scientific inquiry were to be made upon our rulers, mankind would...

If a psychiatric and scientific inquiry were to be made upon our rulers, mankind would...

When politics and religion are intermingled, a people is suffused with a sense of invulnerability,...

When politics and religion are intermingled, a people is suffused with a sense of invulnerability,...