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

Quote by Quentin Crisp

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Men get laid, but women get screwed.

Men get laid, but women get screwed.

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.

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...

The law is simply expediency wearing a long white dress.

The law is simply expediency wearing a long white dress.

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

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

I don't hold with abroad and think that foreigners speak English when our backs are...

I don't hold with abroad and think that foreigners speak English when our backs are...

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...

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.

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...

Vice is its own reward. It is virtue which, if it is to be marketed...

Vice is its own reward. It is virtue which, if it is to be marketed...

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

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

For flavor, instant sex will never supersede the stuff you have to peel and cook.

For flavor, instant sex will never supersede the stuff you have to peel and cook.

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...

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

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

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

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

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...

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...

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 is not the simple statement of facts that ushers in freedom; it is the...

It is not the simple statement of facts that ushers in freedom; it is the...

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.