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

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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.

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...

Love demands infinitely less than friendship.

Love demands infinitely less than friendship.

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...

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

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

A man's wife is his compromise with the illusion of his first sweetheart

A man's wife is his compromise with the illusion of his first sweetheart

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...

A life spent in constant labor is a life wasted, save a man be such...

A life spent in constant labor is a life wasted, save a man be such...

Beauty makes idiots sad and wise men merry.

Beauty makes idiots sad and wise men merry.

Love is an emotion experienced by the many and enjoyed by the few

Love is an emotion experienced by the many and enjoyed by the few

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...

The path of sound credence is through the thick forest of skepticism.

The path of sound credence is through the thick forest of skepticism.

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.

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...

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...

No man can think clearly when his fists are clenched.

No man can think clearly when his fists are clenched.

The test of a real comedian is whether you laugh at him before he opens...

The test of a real comedian is whether you laugh at him before he opens...

A man's wife is his compromise with the illusion of his first sweetheart.

A man's wife is his compromise with the illusion of his first sweetheart.