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Letter "Q" » Quentin Crisp Quotes
«Euphemisms are unpleasant truths wearing diplomatic cologne.»
Author: Quentin Crisp
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Euphemisms
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cologne, diplomatic, euphemism, euphemisms, unpleasant
«The war between the sexes is the only one in which both sides regularly sleep with the enemy»
Author: Quentin Crisp
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| About:
Sexes
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regularly, sexes, sides, sleep with, The War
«When I told the people of Northern Ireland that I was an atheist, a woman in the audience stood up and said, 'Yes, but is it the God of the Catholics or the God of the Protestants in whom you don't believe?»
Author: Quentin Crisp
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atheist, audience, Catholics, Ireland, Northern, Northern Ireland, People of, Protestants, stood, The God
«If you describe things as better than they are, you are considered to be a romantic; if you describe things as worse than they are, you will be called a realist; and if you describe things exactly as they are, you will be thought of as a satirist.»
Author: Quentin Crisp
(Author)
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considered, describe, realist, realists, romantic, satirist, Satirists, The Realist
«The very purpose of existence is to reconcile the glowing opinion we hold of ourselves with the appalling things that other people think about us.»
Author: Quentin Crisp
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| About:
Existence,
Goals,
Opinions,
People
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About us, appall, appalled, appalling, appalls, glowing, reconcile, reconciles, reconciling
«The curiosity of the neighbors about you, is a tribute to your individuality, and you should encourage it»
«Never keep up with Joneses. Drag them down to your level. It's cheaper.»
«The consuming desire of most human beings is deliberately to plant their whole life in the hands of some other person. I would describe this method of searching for happiness as immature. Development of character consists solely in moving toward self-sufficiency.»
Author: Quentin Crisp
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consuming, deliberately, describe, immature, searching, self-sufficiency, solely, some other, sufficiency, this method
«This woman did not fly to extremes; she lived there.»
«Of course I lie to people. But I lie altruistically - for our mutual good. The lie is the basic building block of good manners. That may seem mildly shocking to a moralist - but then what isn't?»
Author: Quentin Crisp
(Author)
| About:
Lies
| Keywords:
altruistically, basic, block, blocking, block out, building, building block, but then, good manners, manners, mildly, moralist, mutual, of course, shocking
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