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

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I drink to make other people interesting.

I drink to make other people interesting.

Beauty makes idiots sad and wise men merry.

Beauty makes idiots sad and wise men merry.

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.

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.

It is only the cynicism that is born of success that is penetrating and valid.

It is only the cynicism that is born of success that is penetrating and valid.

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.

Love demands infinitely less than friendship.

Love demands infinitely less than friendship.

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.

I only drink to make other people seem interesting.

I only drink to make other people seem interesting.

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

The easiest kind of relationship for me is with 10,000 people. The hardest is with...

The easiest kind of relationship for me is with 10,000 people. The hardest is with...

A man in a relationship trades intimacy to get sex. A woman in a relationship...

A man in a relationship trades intimacy to get sex. A woman in a relationship...