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

Quote by George Jean Nathan

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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.

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

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

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 the ones elected by good citizens who do not vote.

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

Beauty makes idiots sad and wise men merry.

Beauty makes idiots sad and wise men merry.

I only drink to make other people seem interesting.

I only drink to make other people seem interesting.

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.

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...

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...

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

I have yet to find a man worth his salt in any direction who did...

I have yet to find a man worth his salt in any direction who did...

I drink to make other people interesting.

I drink to make other people interesting.

Love demands infinitely less than friendship.

Love demands infinitely less than friendship.

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

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

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 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.

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...

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...

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...

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...