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

Quote by Quentin Crisp

Topics: Intelligence Quotes

I recommend limiting one's involvement in other people's lives to a pleasantly scant minimum.

I recommend limiting one's involvement in other people's lives to a pleasantly scant minimum.

The law is simply expediency wearing a long white dress.

The law is simply expediency wearing a long white dress.

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...

Sex is the last refuge of the miserable.

Sex is the last refuge of the miserable.

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

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

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...

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.

My mother protected me from the world and my father threatened me with it.

My mother protected me from the world and my father threatened me with it.

The formula for achieving a successful relationship is simple: you should treat all disasters as...

The formula for achieving a successful relationship is simple: you should treat all disasters as...

The British do not expect happiness. I had the impression, all the time that I...

The British do not expect happiness. I had the impression, all the time that I...

There are three reasons for becoming a writer: the first is that you need the...

There are three reasons for becoming a writer: the first is that you need the...

One should always be wary of anyone who promises that their love will last longer...

One should always be wary of anyone who promises that their love will last longer...

It's no good running a pig farm badly for 30 years while saying, 'Really, I...

It's no good running a pig farm badly for 30 years while saying, 'Really, I...

Life was a funny thing that happened to me on the way to the grave.

Life was a funny thing that happened to me on the way to the grave.

Love is the extra effort we make in our dealings with those whom we do...

Love is the extra effort we make in our dealings with those whom we do...

For an introvert his environment is himself and can never be subject to startling or...

For an introvert his environment is himself and can never be subject to startling or...

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,...

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

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

You're not drunk if you can lie on the floor without holding on.

You're not drunk if you can lie on the floor without holding on.

I like long walks, especially when they are taken by people who annoy me.

I like long walks, especially when they are taken by people who annoy me.