My mother protected me from the world and my father threatened me with it.

Quote by Quentin Crisp

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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...

The formula for achieving a successful relationship is simple: you should treat all disasters as...

The formula for achieving a successful relationship is simple: you should treat all disasters as...

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

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

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...

For flavor, instant sex will never supersede the stuff you have to peel and cook.

For flavor, instant sex will never supersede the stuff you have to peel and cook.

The consuming desire of most human beings is deliberately to plant their whole life in...

The consuming desire of most human beings is deliberately to plant their whole life in...

Vice is its own reward

Vice is its own reward

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 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...

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 poverty from which I have suffered could be diagnosed as Soho poverty. It comes...

The poverty from which I have suffered could be diagnosed as Soho poverty. It comes...

Vice is its own reward. It is virtue which, if it is to be marketed...

Vice is its own reward. It is virtue which, if it is to be marketed...

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....

I recommend limiting one's involvement in other people's lives to a pleasantly scant minimum.

I recommend limiting one's involvement in other people's lives to a pleasantly scant minimum.

Fashion is what you adopt when you don't know who you are.

Fashion is what you adopt when you don't know who you are.

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...

I don't hold with abroad and think that foreigners speak English when our backs are...

I don't hold with abroad and think that foreigners speak English when our backs are...

If at first you don't succeed, failure may be your style.

If at first you don't succeed, failure may be your style.

One can overcome the forces of negative emotions, like anger and hatred, by cultivating their...

One can overcome the forces of negative emotions, like anger and hatred, by cultivating their...

One can overcome the forces of negative emotions, like anger and hatred, by cultivating their...

One can overcome the forces of negative emotions, like anger and hatred, by cultivating their...