So long as there is one pretty girl left on the stage, the professional undertakers may hold up their burial of the theater.

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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...

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...

Love demands infinitely less than friendship.

Love demands infinitely less than friendship.

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.

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 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.

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 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...

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...

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

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

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 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...

Women, as they grow older, rely more and more on cosmetics. Men, as they grow...

Women, as they grow older, rely more and more on cosmetics. Men, as they grow...

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.

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...

No man thinks clearly when his fists are clenched.

No man thinks clearly when his fists are clenched.

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...