Abatement in the hostility of one's enemies must never be thought to signify they have been won over. It only means that one has ceased to constitute a threat.

Quote by Quentin Crisp

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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...

Manners are love in a cool climate.

Manners are love in a cool climate.

Sex is the last refuge of the miserable.

Sex is the last refuge of the miserable.

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...

However low a man sinks he never reaches the level of the police.

However low a man sinks he never reaches the level of the police.

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...

Vice is its own reward

Vice is its own reward

Health consists of having the same diseases as one's neighbors.

Health consists of having the same diseases as one's neighbors.

To know all is not to forgive all. It is to despise everybody.

To know all is not to forgive all. It is to despise everybody.

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...

For flavor, instant sex will never supersede the stuff you have to peel and cook.

For flavor, instant sex will never supersede the stuff you have to peel and cook.

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

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

Of course I lie to people. But I lie altruistically - for our mutual good....

Of course I lie to people. But I lie altruistically - for our mutual good....

Never keep up with the Joneses. Drag them down to your level.

Never keep up with the Joneses. Drag them down to your level.

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.

Men get laid, but women get screwed.

Men get laid, but women get screwed.

Love is not enough. It must be the foundation, the cornerstone- but not the complete...

Love is not enough. It must be the foundation, the cornerstone- but not the complete...

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...

Life, misfortunes, isolation, abandonment, poverty, are battlefields which have their heroes; obscure heroes, sometimes greater...

Life, misfortunes, isolation, abandonment, poverty, are battlefields which have their heroes; obscure heroes, sometimes greater...

Life is either a great adventure or nothing.

Life is either a great adventure or nothing.