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Quotes by Quentin Crisp

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AlimonyEven hooligans marry, though they know that marriage is but for a little while. It is alimony that is forever.
DecencyDecency . . . must be an even more exhausting state to mantain than its opposite. Those who secceed seemto need a stupefying amount of sleep
EnglandThe English think incompetence is the same thing as sincerity.
FailureIf at first you don't succeed, failure may be your style.
HealthHealth consists of having the same diseases as one's neighbors.
HouseworkThere's no real need to do housework -- after four years it doesn't get any worse.
- (British writer, actor and wit)
InsultsHe festooned the dung heap on which he had placed himself with sonnets as people grow honeysuckle around outdoor privies.
KnowledgeTo know all is not to forgive all. It is to despise everybody.
LifeThe very purpose of existence is to reconcile the glowing opinion we hold of ourselves with the appalling things that other people think about us.
Social ClimbingNever keep up with the Joneses. Drag them down to your level.
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