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

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.

The trouble with children is that they're not returnable.

The trouble with children is that they're not returnable.

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...

To know all is not to forgive all. It is to despise everybody.

To know all is not to forgive all. It is to despise everybody.

The poverty from which I have suffered could be diagnosed as Soho poverty. It comes...

The poverty from which I have suffered could be diagnosed as Soho poverty. It comes...

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.

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...

Of course I lie to people. But I lie altruistically - for our mutual good....

Of course I lie to people. But I lie altruistically - for our mutual good....

The law is simply expediency wearing a long white dress.

The law is simply expediency wearing a long white dress.

Abatement in the hostility of one's enemies must never be thought to signify they have...

Abatement in the hostility of one's enemies must never be thought to signify they have...

Love is not enough. It must be the foundation, the cornerstone- but not the complete...

Love is not enough. It must be the foundation, the cornerstone- but not the complete...

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...

Is not the whole world a vast house of assignation of which the filing system...

Is not the whole world a vast house of assignation of which the filing system...

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...

It is explained that all relationships require a little give and take. This is untrue....

It is explained that all relationships require a little give and take. This is untrue....

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...

Vice is its own reward

Vice is its own reward

Our faith comes in moments; our vice is habitual

Our faith comes in moments; our vice is habitual

Vices are often habits rather than passions

Vices are often habits rather than passions

As far as Im concerned, I prefer silent vice to ostentatious virtue.

As far as Im concerned, I prefer silent vice to ostentatious virtue.