Euphemisms are unpleasant truths wearing diplomatic cologne.

Quote by Quentin Crisp

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It is not the simple statement of facts that ushers in freedom; it is the...

It is not the simple statement of facts that ushers in freedom; it is the...

The trouble with children is that they're not returnable.

The trouble with children is that they're not returnable.

For flavor, instant sex will never supersede the stuff you have to peel and cook.

For flavor, instant sex will never supersede the stuff you have to peel and cook.

You fall out of your mother's womb, you crawl across open country under fire, and...

You fall out of your mother's womb, you crawl across open country under fire, and...

You should treat all disasters as if they were trivialities but never treat a triviality...

You should treat all disasters as if they were trivialities but never treat a triviality...

However low a man sinks he never reaches the level of the police.

However low a man sinks he never reaches the level of the police.

My mother protected me from the world and my father threatened me with it.

My mother protected me from the world and my father threatened me with it.

Never keep up with the Joneses. Drag them down to your level.

Never keep up with the Joneses. Drag them down to your level.

The law is simply expediency wearing a long white dress.

The law is simply expediency wearing a long white dress.

If at first you don't succeed, failure may be your style.

If at first you don't succeed, failure may be your style.

There are three reasons for becoming a writer: the first is that you need the...

There are three reasons for becoming a writer: the first is that you need the...

The young always have the same problem - how to rebel and conform at the...

The young always have the same problem - how to rebel and conform at the...

I recommend limiting one's involvement in other people's lives to a pleasantly scant minimum.

I recommend limiting one's involvement in other people's lives to a pleasantly scant minimum.

The poverty from which I have suffered could be diagnosed as Soho poverty. It comes...

The poverty from which I have suffered could be diagnosed as Soho poverty. It comes...

There is no need to do any housework at all. After the first four years...

There is no need to do any housework at all. After the first four years...

Though intelligence is powerless to modify character, it is a dab hand at finding euphemisms...

Though intelligence is powerless to modify character, it is a dab hand at finding euphemisms...

In an expanding universe, time is on the side of the outcast. Those who once...

In an expanding universe, time is on the side of the outcast. Those who once...

If I were asked to describe the difference between the sexes in the gay world,...

If I were asked to describe the difference between the sexes in the gay world,...

I don't care if the Bible says it. It's wrong. It's wrong to divide people...

I don't care if the Bible says it. It's wrong. It's wrong to divide people...

If you removed all of the homosexuals and homosexual influence from what is generally regarded...

If you removed all of the homosexuals and homosexual influence from what is generally regarded...