Confession is good for the soul only in the sense that a tweed coat is good for dandruff - it is a palliative rather than a remedy

Quote by Peter De Vries

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Confession is good for the soul only in the sense that a tweed coat is...

Confession is good for the soul only in the sense that a tweed coat is...

The satirist shoots to kill while the humorist brings his prey back alive and eventually...

The satirist shoots to kill while the humorist brings his prey back alive and eventually...

Marriage is a lottery in which men stake their liberty and women their happiness

Marriage is a lottery in which men stake their liberty and women their happiness

There are times when parenthood seems nothing more than feeding the hand that bites you.

There are times when parenthood seems nothing more than feeding the hand that bites you.

When I can no longer bear to think of the victims of broken homes, I...

When I can no longer bear to think of the victims of broken homes, I...

Nostalgia isn't what it used to be.

Nostalgia isn't what it used to be.

I write when I'm inspired, and I see to it that I'm inspired at nine...

I write when I'm inspired, and I see to it that I'm inspired at nine...

It is the final proof of God's omnipotence that he need not exist in order...

It is the final proof of God's omnipotence that he need not exist in order...

I wanted to be bored to death, as good a way to go as any.

I wanted to be bored to death, as good a way to go as any.

Nostalgia isn't what it used to be.

Nostalgia isn't what it used to be.

I write when I'm inspired, and I see to it that I'm inspired at nine...

I write when I'm inspired, and I see to it that I'm inspired at nine...

The universe is like a safe to which there is a combination. But the combination...

The universe is like a safe to which there is a combination. But the combination...

A suburban mother's role is to deliver children obstetrically once, and by car for ever...

A suburban mother's role is to deliver children obstetrically once, and by car for ever...

My father hated radio and could not wait for television to be invented so he...

My father hated radio and could not wait for television to be invented so he...

Life is a zoo in a jungle.

Life is a zoo in a jungle.

The universe is like a safe to which there is a combination. But the combination...

The universe is like a safe to which there is a combination. But the combination...

The tuba is certainly the most intestinal of instruments, the very lower bowel of music.

The tuba is certainly the most intestinal of instruments, the very lower bowel of music.

The murals in restaurants are on par with the food in museums.

The murals in restaurants are on par with the food in museums.

We must love one another, yes, yes, that's all true enough, but nothing says we...

We must love one another, yes, yes, that's all true enough, but nothing says we...

Words fashioned with somewhat over precise diction are like shapes turned out by a cookie...

Words fashioned with somewhat over precise diction are like shapes turned out by a cookie...