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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Money is only congealed snow.

Money is only congealed snow.

She (Katherine Hepburn) runs the gamut of emotions from A to B

She (Katherine Hepburn) runs the gamut of emotions from A to B

Brevity is the soul of lingerie.

Brevity is the soul of lingerie.

Money was made, not to command our will, But all our lawful pleasures to fulfill....

Money was made, not to command our will, But all our lawful pleasures to fulfill....

The only 'ism' Hollywood believes in is plagiarism.

The only 'ism' Hollywood believes in is plagiarism.

Idleness, sorrow, a friend, and a foe.

Idleness, sorrow, a friend, and a foe.

If you want to see what God thinks of money, just look at all the...

If you want to see what God thinks of money, just look at all the...

If you're going to write, don't pretend to write down. It's going to be the...

If you're going to write, don't pretend to write down. It's going to be the...

Sorrow is tranquillity remembered in emotion.

Sorrow is tranquillity remembered in emotion.

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...

He and I had an office so tiny that an inch smaller and it would...

He and I had an office so tiny that an inch smaller and it would...

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.

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....

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...

That woman speaks eight languages and can't say no in any of them.

That woman speaks eight languages and can't say no in any of them.

Work is the province of cattle.

Work is the province of cattle.

If you're going to write, don't pretend to write down. It's going to be the...

If you're going to write, don't pretend to write down. It's going to be the...

Four be the things I'd have been better without: love, curiosity, freckles and doubt.

Four be the things I'd have been better without: love, curiosity, freckles and doubt.

We're not necessarily doubting that God will do the best for us; we are wondering...

We're not necessarily doubting that God will do the best for us; we are wondering...

Golf is deceptively simple and endlessly complicated; it satisfies the soul and frustrates the intellect....

Golf is deceptively simple and endlessly complicated; it satisfies the soul and frustrates the intellect....