Quotes by Quentin Crisp

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

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

#Lies

The law is simply expediency wearing a long white dress.

#Law And Lawyers

Nothing more rapidly inclines a person to go into a monastery than reading a book...

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

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

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Manners are love in a cool climate.

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

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Living en famille provides the strongest motives for rudeness combined with the maximum opportunity for...

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

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

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

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