Wit ought to be a glorious treat like caviar; never spread it about like marmalade.

Quote by Noel Coward

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It is discouraging how many people are shocked by honesty and how few by deceit.

It is discouraging how many people are shocked by honesty and how few by deceit.

Let's drink to the spirit of gallantry and courage that made a strange Heaven out...

Let's drink to the spirit of gallantry and courage that made a strange Heaven out...

Never mind, dear, we're all made the same, though some more than others.

Never mind, dear, we're all made the same, though some more than others.

It's discouraging to think how many people are shocked by honesty and how few by...

It's discouraging to think how many people are shocked by honesty and how few by...

I refuse to endure months of expensive humiliation only to be told that at the...

I refuse to endure months of expensive humiliation only to be told that at the...

Someday I suspect, when Jesus has definitely got me for a sunbeam, my works may...

Someday I suspect, when Jesus has definitely got me for a sunbeam, my works may...

We have no reliable guarantee that the afterlife will be any less exasperating than this...

We have no reliable guarantee that the afterlife will be any less exasperating than this...

Learn the lines and don't bump into the furniture.

Learn the lines and don't bump into the furniture.

There's always something fishy about the French.

There's always something fishy about the French.

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.

I have always paid income tax. I object only when it reaches a stage when...

I have always paid income tax. I object only when it reaches a stage when...

Work is much more fun than fun.

Work is much more fun than fun.

Extraordinary how potent cheap music is.

Extraordinary how potent cheap music is.

I am not a heavy drinker. I can sometimes go for hours without touching a...

I am not a heavy drinker. I can sometimes go for hours without touching a...

The higher the building the lower the morals.

The higher the building the lower the morals.

I'm not a heavy drinker, I can sometimes go for hours without touching a drop.

I'm not a heavy drinker, I can sometimes go for hours without touching a drop.

The sun never sets on Government House.

The sun never sets on Government House.

Recession is when your neighbor loses his job. Depression is when you lose yours. And...

Recession is when your neighbor loses his job. Depression is when you lose yours. And...

If any ask me what a free government is, I answer, that for any practical...

If any ask me what a free government is, I answer, that for any practical...

The Liberals talk about a stable government but we don't know how bad the stable...

The Liberals talk about a stable government but we don't know how bad the stable...