Beauty makes idiots sad and wise men merry.

Quote by George Jean Nathan

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

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

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...

Love demands infinitely less than friendship.

Love demands infinitely less than friendship.

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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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

No man thinks clearly when his fists are clenched.

No man thinks clearly when his fists are clenched.

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...

Love demands infinitely less than friendship.

Love demands infinitely less than friendship.

In the sweetness of friendship let there be laughter, and sharing of pleasures. For in...

In the sweetness of friendship let there be laughter, and sharing of pleasures. For in...

A friend is a person with whom I may be sincere. Before him, I may...

A friend is a person with whom I may be sincere. Before him, I may...

Go cherish your soul; express companions; set your habits to a life of solitude; then...

Go cherish your soul; express companions; set your habits to a life of solitude; then...

Love is not a matter of counting the years -- it's making the years count.

Love is not a matter of counting the years -- it's making the years count.