Of course I lie to people. But I lie altruistically - for our mutual good. The lie is the basic building block of good manners. That may seem mildly shocking to a moralist - but then what isn't?

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 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...

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...

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...

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...

To know all is not to forgive all. It is to despise everybody.

To know all is not to forgive all. It is to despise everybody.

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...

The war between the sexes is the only one in which both sides regularly sleep...

The war between the sexes is the only one in which both sides regularly sleep...

Love is not enough. It must be the foundation, the cornerstone- but not the complete...

Love is not enough. It must be the foundation, the cornerstone- but not the complete...

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...

Is not the whole world a vast house of assignation of which the filing system...

Is not the whole world a vast house of assignation of which the filing system...

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

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

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

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

You should treat all disasters as if they were trivialities but never treat a triviality...

You should treat all disasters as if they were trivialities but never treat a triviality...

You fall out of your mother's womb, you crawl across open country under fire, and...

You fall out of your mother's womb, you crawl across open country under fire, and...

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...

Love is the extra effort we make in our dealings with those whom we do...

Love is the extra effort we make in our dealings with those whom we do...

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

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

For an introvert his environment is himself and can never be subject to startling or...

For an introvert his environment is himself and can never be subject to startling or...

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...