It's no good running a pig farm badly for 30 years while saying, 'Really, I was meant to be a ballet dancer.' By then, pigs will be your style.

Quote by Quentin Crisp

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

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

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...

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...

Manners are love in a cool climate.

Manners are love in a cool climate.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

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...

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.

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....

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...

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...

Praise shames me, for I secretly beg for it.

Praise shames me, for I secretly beg for it.

Our sun is one of 100 billion stars in our galaxy. Our galaxy is one...

Our sun is one of 100 billion stars in our galaxy. Our galaxy is one...

No one would choose a friendless existence on condition of having all other things in...

No one would choose a friendless existence on condition of having all other things in...

We would accomplish many more things if we did not think of them as impossible

We would accomplish many more things if we did not think of them as impossible

We probably wouldn't worry about what people think of us if we could know how...

We probably wouldn't worry about what people think of us if we could know how...

People often resist change for reasons that make good sense to them, even if those...

People often resist change for reasons that make good sense to them, even if those...