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

Quote by George Jean Nathan

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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...

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...

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...

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.

Love demands infinitely less than friendship.

Love demands infinitely less than friendship.

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...

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.

So long as there is one pretty girl left on the stage, the professional undertakers...

So long as there is one pretty girl left on the stage, the professional undertakers...

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...

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...

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

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

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.

No man can think clearly when his fists are clenched.

No man can think clearly when his fists are clenched.

I only drink to make other people seem interesting.

I only drink to make other people seem interesting.

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...

Earth's the right place for love. I don't know where it's likely to go better

Earth's the right place for love. I don't know where it's likely to go better

If you have to think about whether you love someone or not then the answer...

If you have to think about whether you love someone or not then the answer...