Health consists of having the same diseases as one's neighbors.

Quote by Quentin Crisp

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The formula for achieving a successful relationship is simple: you should treat all disasters as...

The formula for achieving a successful relationship is simple: you should treat all disasters as...

Of course I lie to people. But I lie altruistically - for our mutual good....

Of course I lie to people. But I lie altruistically - for our mutual good....

Living en famille provides the strongest motives for rudeness combined with the maximum opportunity for...

Living en famille provides the strongest motives for rudeness combined with the maximum opportunity for...

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...

Love is not enough. It must be the foundation, the cornerstone- but not the complete...

Love is not enough. It must be the foundation, the cornerstone- but not the complete...

Decency must be an even more exhausting state to maintain than its opposite. Those who...

Decency must be an even more exhausting state to maintain than its opposite. Those who...

Abatement in the hostility of one's enemies must never be thought to signify they have...

Abatement in the hostility of one's enemies must never be thought to signify they have...

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...

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...

Manners are love in a cool climate.

Manners are love in a cool climate.

The law is simply expediency wearing a long white dress.

The law is simply expediency wearing a long white dress.

Fashion is what you adopt when you don't know who you are.

Fashion is what you adopt when you don't know who you are.

Euphemisms are unpleasant truths wearing diplomatic cologne.

Euphemisms are unpleasant truths wearing diplomatic cologne.

I don't hold with abroad and think that foreigners speak English when our backs are...

I don't hold with abroad and think that foreigners speak English when our backs are...

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...

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.

Men get laid, but women get screwed.

Men get laid, but women get screwed.

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...

Nobody will ever win the battle of the sexes. There's too much fraternizing with the...

Nobody will ever win the battle of the sexes. There's too much fraternizing with the...

The sexes were made for each other, and only in the wise and loving union...

The sexes were made for each other, and only in the wise and loving union...