Beauty makes idiots sad and wise men merry.

Quote by George Jean Nathan

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

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

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...

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...

Love demands infinitely less than friendship.

Love demands infinitely less than friendship.

I only drink to make other people seem interesting.

I only drink to make other people seem interesting.

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...

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.

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

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

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 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...

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...

Love demands infinitely less than friendship.

Love demands infinitely less than friendship.

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

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

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

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

No man can think clearly when his fists are clenched.

No man can think clearly when his fists are clenched.

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...

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...

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.

Intuition is a combination of historical (empirical) data, deep and heightened observation, and an ability...

Intuition is a combination of historical (empirical) data, deep and heightened observation, and an ability...

I would rather trust a woman's instinct than a man's reason

I would rather trust a woman's instinct than a man's reason

Nature has given women so much power that the law has very wisely given them...

Nature has given women so much power that the law has very wisely given them...