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

Quote by George Jean Nathan

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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...

Beauty makes idiots sad and wise men merry.

Beauty makes idiots sad and wise men merry.

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.

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...

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

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

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

A man admires a woman not for what she says, but what she listens to.

A man admires a woman not for what she says, but what she listens to.

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

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 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...

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.

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 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...

I drink to make other people interesting.

I drink to make other people interesting.

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.

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

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

I only drink to make other people seem interesting.

I only drink to make other people seem interesting.

I was an hungered, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave...

I was an hungered, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave...

And I appoint unto you a kingdom, as my Father hath appointed unto me; That...

And I appoint unto you a kingdom, as my Father hath appointed unto me; That...