Euphemisms are unpleasant truths wearing diplomatic cologne.

Quote by Quentin Crisp

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The British do not expect happiness. I had the impression, all the time that I...

The British do not expect happiness. I had the impression, all the time that I...

The war between the sexes is the only one in which both sides regularly sleep...

The war between the sexes is the only one in which both sides regularly sleep...

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...

It's no good running a pig farm badly for 30 years while saying, 'Really, I...

It's no good running a pig farm badly for 30 years while saying, 'Really, I...

An autobiography is an obituary in serial form with the last installment missing.

An autobiography is an obituary in serial form with the last installment missing.

Life was a funny thing that happened to me on the way to the grave.

Life was a funny thing that happened to me on the way to the grave.

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...

It is explained that all relationships require a little give and take. This is untrue....

It is explained that all relationships require a little give and take. This is untrue....

Manners are love in a cool climate.

Manners are love in a cool climate.

The very purpose of existence is to reconcile the glowing opinion we hold of ourselves...

The very purpose of existence is to reconcile the glowing opinion we hold of ourselves...

Nothing shortens a journey so pleasantly as an account of misfortunes at which the hearer...

Nothing shortens a journey so pleasantly as an account of misfortunes at which the hearer...

Nothing more rapidly inclines a person to go into a monastery than reading a book...

Nothing more rapidly inclines a person to go into a monastery than reading a book...

The very purpose of existence is to reconcile the glowing opinion we hold of ourselves...

The very purpose of existence is to reconcile the glowing opinion we hold of ourselves...

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.

To know all is not to forgive all. It is to despise everybody.

To know all is not to forgive all. It is to despise everybody.

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...

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...

I always tried to turn every disaster into an opportunity.

I always tried to turn every disaster into an opportunity.

Sometimes it takes a natural disaster to reveal a social disaster.

Sometimes it takes a natural disaster to reveal a social disaster.

People who live through transplants or disasters like Sept. 11 are survivors.

People who live through transplants or disasters like Sept. 11 are survivors.