Common sense, in so far as it exists, is all for the bourgeoisie. Nonsense is the privilege of the aristocracy. The worries of the world are for the common people.

Quote by George Jean Nathan

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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 only drink to make other people seem interesting.

I only drink to make other people seem interesting.

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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

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

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

Love demands infinitely less than friendship.

Love demands infinitely less than friendship.

No man can think clearly when his fists are clenched.

No man can think clearly when his fists are clenched.

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...

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.

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

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

A man admires a woman not for what she says, but what she listens to.

A man admires a woman not for what she says, but what she listens to.

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

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

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...

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...

No man thinks clearly when his fists are clenched.

No man thinks clearly when his fists are clenched.