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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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.

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...

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

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

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

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...

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 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...

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

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

I only drink to make other people seem interesting.

I only drink to make other people seem interesting.

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...

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

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

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...

Beauty makes idiots sad and wise men merry.

Beauty makes idiots sad and wise men merry.

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.

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

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

No man thinks clearly when his fists are clenched.

No man thinks clearly when his fists are clenched.

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.

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.

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...

No man can think clearly when his fists are clenched.

No man can think clearly when his fists are clenched.