The test of a real comedian is whether you laugh at him before he opens his mouth.

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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.

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...

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...

No man can think clearly when his fists are clenched.

No man can think clearly when his fists are clenched.

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...

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

Love demands infinitely less than friendship.

Love demands infinitely less than friendship.

I only drink to make other people seem interesting.

I only drink to make other people seem 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...

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.

Love demands infinitely less than friendship.

Love demands infinitely less than friendship.

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.

No man thinks clearly when his fists are clenched.

No man thinks clearly when his fists are clenched.

Beauty makes idiots sad and wise men merry.

Beauty makes idiots sad and wise men merry.

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

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

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

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

The path of sound credence is through the thick forest of skepticism.

The path of sound credence is through the thick forest of skepticism.

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...