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

Quote by Quentin Crisp

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One should always be wary of anyone who promises that their love will last longer...

One should always be wary of anyone who promises that their love will last longer...

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.

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...

Men get laid, but women get screwed.

Men get laid, but women get screwed.

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

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

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...

Sex is the last refuge of the miserable.

Sex is the last refuge of the miserable.

Love is the extra effort we make in our dealings with those whom we do...

Love is the extra effort we make in our dealings with those whom we do...

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

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

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...

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.

Vice is its own reward

Vice is its own reward

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...

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...

Is not the whole world a vast house of assignation of which the filing system...

Is not the whole world a vast house of assignation of which the filing system...

For an introvert his environment is himself and can never be subject to startling or...

For an introvert his environment is himself and can never be subject to startling or...

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...

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...

Life is short and so is money

Life is short and so is money

Little-known fact: When the stock exchange closes, the guy who comes out on the balcony...

Little-known fact: When the stock exchange closes, the guy who comes out on the balcony...