The law is simply expediency wearing a long white dress.

Quote by Quentin Crisp

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It is not the simple statement of facts that ushers in freedom; it is the...

It is not the simple statement of facts that ushers in freedom; it is the...

For flavor, instant sex will never supersede the stuff you have to peel and cook.

For flavor, instant sex will never supersede the stuff you have to peel and cook.

Fashion is what you adopt when you don't know who you are.

Fashion is what you adopt when you don't know who you are.

Vice is its own reward. It is virtue which, if it is to be marketed...

Vice is its own reward. It is virtue which, if it is to be marketed...

Health consists of having the same diseases as one's neighbors.

Health consists of having the same diseases as one's neighbors.

Sex is the last refuge of the miserable.

Sex is the last refuge of the miserable.

Decency must be an even more exhausting state to maintain than its opposite. Those who...

Decency must be an even more exhausting state to maintain than its opposite. Those who...

You should treat all disasters as if they were trivialities but never treat a triviality...

You should treat all disasters as if they were trivialities but never treat a triviality...

Nothing more rapidly inclines a person to go into a monastery than reading a book...

Nothing more rapidly inclines a person to go into a monastery than reading a book...

The young always have the same problem - how to rebel and conform at the...

The young always have the same problem - how to rebel and conform at the...

The very purpose of existence is to reconcile the glowing opinion we hold of ourselves...

The very purpose of existence is to reconcile the glowing opinion we hold of ourselves...

Nothing shortens a journey so pleasantly as an account of misfortunes at which the hearer...

Nothing shortens a journey so pleasantly as an account of misfortunes at which the hearer...

There is no need to do any housework at all. After the first four years...

There is no need to do any housework at all. After the first four years...

If at first you don't succeed, failure may be your style.

If at first you don't succeed, failure may be your style.

Though intelligence is powerless to modify character, it is a dab hand at finding euphemisms...

Though intelligence is powerless to modify character, it is a dab hand at finding euphemisms...

Living en famille provides the strongest motives for rudeness combined with the maximum opportunity for...

Living en famille provides the strongest motives for rudeness combined with the maximum opportunity for...

However low a man sinks he never reaches the level of the police.

However low a man sinks he never reaches the level of the police.

If I were asked to describe the difference between the sexes in the gay world,...

If I were asked to describe the difference between the sexes in the gay world,...

It's better to be black than gay because when you're black you don't have to...

It's better to be black than gay because when you're black you don't have to...

If homosexuality was the normal way, God would have made Adam and Bruce

If homosexuality was the normal way, God would have made Adam and Bruce