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

Quote by George Jean Nathan

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The path of sound credence is through the thick forest of skepticism.

The path of sound credence is through the thick forest of skepticism.

Whenever a man encounters a woman in a mood he doesn't understand, he wants to...

Whenever a man encounters a woman in a mood he doesn't understand, he wants to...

Love demands infinitely less than friendship.

Love demands infinitely less than friendship.

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...

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...

Love demands infinitely less than friendship.

Love demands infinitely less than friendship.

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.

I have yet to find a man worth his salt in any direction who did...

I have yet to find a man worth his salt in any direction who did...

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...

Criticism is the windows and chandeliers of art: it illuminates the enveloping darkness in which...

Criticism is the windows and chandeliers of art: it illuminates the enveloping darkness in which...

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 is an emotion experienced by the many and enjoyed by the few.

Love is an emotion experienced by the many and enjoyed by the few.

It is only the cynicism that is born of success that is penetrating and valid.

It is only the cynicism that is born of success that is penetrating and valid.

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...

Great art is as irrational as great music. It is mad with its own loveliness.

Great art is as irrational as great music. It is mad with its own loveliness.

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.

Bad officials are elected by good citizens who do not vote.

Bad officials are elected by good citizens who do not vote.

For citizens who think themselves puppets in the hands of their rulers, nothing is more...

For citizens who think themselves puppets in the hands of their rulers, nothing is more...

It is not always the same thing to be a good man and a good...

It is not always the same thing to be a good man and a good...

In politics a capable ruler must be guided by circumstances, conjectures and conjunctions.

In politics a capable ruler must be guided by circumstances, conjectures and conjunctions.

I would have voted against the Civil Rights Act of 1964

I would have voted against the Civil Rights Act of 1964