Man as an individual is a genius. But men in the mass form the headless monster, a great, brutish idiot that goes where prodded.

Quote by Charlie Chaplin

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All I need to make a comedy is a park, a policeman and a pretty...

All I need to make a comedy is a park, a policeman and a pretty...

That is why, no matter how desperate the predicament is, I am always very much...

That is why, no matter how desperate the predicament is, I am always very much...

We might as well die as to go on living like this.

We might as well die as to go on living like this.

Dictators free themselves, but they enslave the people.

Dictators free themselves, but they enslave the people.

In the end, everything is a gag.

In the end, everything is a gag.

Actors search for rejection. If they don't get it they reject themselves.

Actors search for rejection. If they don't get it they reject themselves.

The saddest thing I can imagine is to get used to luxury.

The saddest thing I can imagine is to get used to luxury.

Failure is unimportant. It takes courage to make a fool of yourself.

Failure is unimportant. It takes courage to make a fool of yourself.

I do not have much patience with a thing of beauty that must be explained...

I do not have much patience with a thing of beauty that must be explained...

I am for people. I can't help it.I am for people. I can't help it.

I am for people. I can't help it.I am for people. I can't help it.

Brunettes are troublemakers. They're worse than the Jews.

Brunettes are troublemakers. They're worse than the Jews.

To help a friend in need is easy, but to give him your time is...

To help a friend in need is easy, but to give him your time is...

I am at peace with God. My conflict is with Man.

I am at peace with God. My conflict is with Man.

Remember, you can always stoop and pick up nothing.

Remember, you can always stoop and pick up nothing.

I have no further use for America. I wouldn't go back there if Jesus Christ...

I have no further use for America. I wouldn't go back there if Jesus Christ...

Despair is a narcotic. It lulls the mind into indifference.

Despair is a narcotic. It lulls the mind into indifference.

A man's true character comes out when he's drunk.

A man's true character comes out when he's drunk.

I remain just one thing, and one thing only, and that is a clown. It...

I remain just one thing, and one thing only, and that is a clown. It...

To truly laugh, you must be able to take your pain, and play with it!

To truly laugh, you must be able to take your pain, and play with it!

I thought I would dress in baggy pants, big shoes, a cane and a derby...

I thought I would dress in baggy pants, big shoes, a cane and a derby...