I know that there are things that never have been funny, and never will be. And I know that ridicule may be a shield, but it is not a weapon.
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Those who have mastered etiquette, who are entirely, impeccably right, would seem to arrive at a point of exquisite dullness.Dorothy Parker
On writing humor There must be a magnificent disregard of your reader, for if he cannot follow you, there is nothing you can do about it.
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She was always pleased to have him come and never sorry to see him go.
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Oh, life is a glorious cycle of song,
A medley of extemporanea;
And love is a thing that can never go wrong;
And I am Marie of Roumania.
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Gratitude -- the meanest and most sniveling attribute in the world.
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That would be a good thing for them to cut on my tombstone Wherever she went, including here, it was against her better judgment.
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