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

Sex is the last refuge of the miserable.

Sex is the last refuge of the miserable.

Never keep up with the Joneses. Drag them down to your level.

Never keep up with the Joneses. Drag them down to your level.

Sex is the last refuge of the miserable

Sex is the last refuge of the miserable

You fall out of your mother's womb, you crawl across open country under fire, and...

You fall out of your mother's womb, you crawl across open country under fire, and...

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...

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.

Vice is its own reward

Vice is its own reward

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...

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.

The war between the sexes is the only one in which both sides regularly sleep...

The war between the sexes is the only one in which both sides regularly sleep...

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...

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

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

In an expanding universe, time is on the side of the outcast. Those who once...

In an expanding universe, time is on the side of the outcast. Those who once...

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...

The law is simply expediency wearing a long white dress.

The law is simply expediency wearing a long white dress.

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...

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...

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

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

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...

An autobiography is an obituary in serial form with the last installment missing.

An autobiography is an obituary in serial form with the last installment missing.