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

Quote by George Jean Nathan

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

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

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.

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.

Beauty makes idiots sad and wise men merry.

Beauty makes idiots sad and wise men merry.

Love demands infinitely less than friendship.

Love demands infinitely less than friendship.

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...

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...

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.

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

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

No man can think clearly when his fists are clenched.

No man can think clearly when his fists are clenched.

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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 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...

There is a woman at the beginning of all great things.

There is a woman at the beginning of all great things.

Find me a man who's interesting enough to have dinner with and I'll be happy.

Find me a man who's interesting enough to have dinner with and I'll be happy.

The man flaps about with a bunch of feathers: the woman goes to work softly...

The man flaps about with a bunch of feathers: the woman goes to work softly...