It is explained that all relationships require a little give and take. This is untrue. Any partnership demands that we give and give and give and at the last, as we flop into our graves exhausted, we are told that…

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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...

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.

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...

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

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

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...

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...

Men get laid, but women get screwed.

Men get laid, but women get screwed.

Euphemisms are not, as many young people think, useless verbiage for that which can and...

Euphemisms are not, as many young people think, useless verbiage for that which can and...

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...

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...

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

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

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.

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...

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...

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.

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...

Sex is the last refuge of the miserable

Sex is the last refuge of the miserable

I think we're losing our sense of humor instead of being able to relax and...

I think we're losing our sense of humor instead of being able to relax and...

I'll come and make love to you at five o'clock. If I'm late, start without...

I'll come and make love to you at five o'clock. If I'm late, start without...

Ducking for apples - change one letter and it's the story of my life.

Ducking for apples - change one letter and it's the story of my life.