Patriotism is often an arbitrary veneration of real estate above principles.

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I only drink to make other people seem interesting.

I only drink to make other people seem interesting.

An optimist is a fellow who believes a housefly is looking for a way to...

An optimist is a fellow who believes a housefly is looking for a way to...

A man's wife is his compromise with the illusion of his first sweetheart.

A man's wife is his compromise with the illusion of his first sweetheart.

To speak of morals in art is to speak of legislature in sex. Art is...

To speak of morals in art is to speak of legislature in sex. Art is...

An actor without a playwright is like a hole without a doughnut.

An actor without a playwright is like a hole without a doughnut.

Politics is the diversion of trivial men who, when they succeed at it, become important...

Politics is the diversion of trivial men who, when they succeed at it, become important...

It is also said of me that I now and then contradict myself. Yes, I...

It is also said of me that I now and then contradict myself. Yes, I...

Common sense, in so far as it exists, is all for the bourgeoisie. Nonsense is...

Common sense, in so far as it exists, is all for the bourgeoisie. Nonsense is...

A life spent in constant labor is a life wasted, save a man be such...

A life spent in constant labor is a life wasted, save a man be such...

I drink to make other people interesting.

I drink to make other people interesting.

Politics is the diversion of trivial men who, when they succeed at it, become important...

Politics is the diversion of trivial men who, when they succeed at it, become important...

Criticism is the art of appraising others at one's own value.

Criticism is the art of appraising others at one's own value.

Love demands infinitely less than friendship.

Love demands infinitely less than friendship.

I know many married men, I even know a few happily married men, but I...

I know many married men, I even know a few happily married men, but I...

The test of a real comedian is whether you laugh at him before he opens...

The test of a real comedian is whether you laugh at him before he opens...

Love is the emotion that a woman feels always for a poodle dog and sometimes...

Love is the emotion that a woman feels always for a poodle dog and sometimes...

A man reserves his true and deepest love not for the species of woman in...

A man reserves his true and deepest love not for the species of woman in...

What passes for woman's intuition is often nothing more than man's transparency.

What passes for woman's intuition is often nothing more than man's transparency.

The fact that modern physics, the manifestation of an extreme specialisation of the rational mind,...

The fact that modern physics, the manifestation of an extreme specialisation of the rational mind,...

Intuition comes very close to clairvoyance; it appears to be the extrasensory perception of reality

Intuition comes very close to clairvoyance; it appears to be the extrasensory perception of reality

Diamonds never leave you... men do!

Diamonds never leave you... men do!