Misfortune, and recited misfortune especially, may be prolonged to the point where it ceases to excite pity and arouses only irritation.

Quote by Dorothy Parker

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I'm never going to be famous. My name will never be writ large on the...

I'm never going to be famous. My name will never be writ large on the...

I am never going to be famous...I do not do anything. Not one single thing....

I am never going to be famous...I do not do anything. Not one single thing....

Money is only congealed snow.

Money is only congealed snow.

Scratch a lover, find a foe

Scratch a lover, find a foe

All those writers who write about their childhood! Gentle God, if I wrote about mine...

All those writers who write about their childhood! Gentle God, if I wrote about mine...

Summer makes me drowsy. Autumn makes me sing. Winter's pretty lousy, but I hate Spring.

Summer makes me drowsy. Autumn makes me sing. Winter's pretty lousy, but I hate Spring.

If you would learn what God thinks about money, you have only to look at...

If you would learn what God thinks about money, you have only to look at...

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.

Brevity is the soul of lingerie.

Brevity is the soul of lingerie.

My land is bare of chattering folk; the clouds are low along the ridges and...

My land is bare of chattering folk; the clouds are low along the ridges and...

The only 'ism' Hollywood believes in is plagiarism.

The only 'ism' Hollywood believes in is plagiarism.

Sorrow is tranquillity remembered in emotion.

Sorrow is tranquillity remembered in emotion.

Every love's the love before in a duller dress

Every love's the love before in a duller dress

Enjoyed it! One more drink and I'd have been under the host.

Enjoyed it! One more drink and I'd have been under the host.

Work is the province of cattle.

Work is the province of cattle.

When your bank account is so overdrawn that it is positively photographic, steps must be...

When your bank account is so overdrawn that it is positively photographic, steps must be...

Beauty is only skin deep, but ugly goes clean to the bone

Beauty is only skin deep, but ugly goes clean to the bone

Do not try to push your way through to the front ranks of your profession;...

Do not try to push your way through to the front ranks of your profession;...

We may want to love other people without holding back, to feel authentic, to breathe...

We may want to love other people without holding back, to feel authentic, to breathe...

Beauty of whatever kind, in its supreme development, invariably excites the sensitive soul to tears.

Beauty of whatever kind, in its supreme development, invariably excites the sensitive soul to tears.