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...

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 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...

Love demands infinitely less than friendship.

Love demands infinitely less than friendship.

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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.

No man can think clearly when his fists are clenched.

No man can think clearly when his fists are clenched.

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

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

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

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

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...

I only drink to make other people seem interesting.

I only drink to make other people seem interesting.

I drink to make other people interesting.

I drink to make other people 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...

I'm not an old, experienced hand at politics. But I am now seasoned enough to...

I'm not an old, experienced hand at politics. But I am now seasoned enough to...

Where annual elections end, there slavery begins

Where annual elections end, there slavery begins

To do evil that good may come of it is for bunglers in politics as...

To do evil that good may come of it is for bunglers in politics as...