Love is the extra effort we make in our dealings with those whom we do not like and once you understand that, you understand all. This idea that love overtakes you is nonsense. This is but a polite manifestation of…

Quote by Quentin Crisp

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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...

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...

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...

I simply haven't the nerve to imagine a being, a force, a cause which keeps...

I simply haven't the nerve to imagine a being, a force, a cause which keeps...

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....

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...

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...

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...

The law is simply expediency wearing a long white dress.

The law is simply expediency wearing a long white dress.

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...

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

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

If I were asked to describe the difference between the sexes in the gay world,...

If I were asked to describe the difference between the sexes in the gay world,...

Sex is the last refuge of the miserable.

Sex is the last refuge of the miserable.

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.

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

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

Unlike children in other countries, the Eskimos played no game of war. They played with...

Unlike children in other countries, the Eskimos played no game of war. They played with...

I must take issue with the term 'a mere child,' for it has been my...

I must take issue with the term 'a mere child,' for it has been my...

A rabbi should not despair if people do not do as much as they should....

A rabbi should not despair if people do not do as much as they should....

The Irish don't know what they want and are prepared to fight to the death...

The Irish don't know what they want and are prepared to fight to the death...