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“Though intelligence is powerless to modify character, it is a dab hand at finding euphemisms for its weaknesses.”

Quentin Crisp · Intelligence

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Quentin Crisp

Health consists of having the same diseases as one's neighbors.

Health

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The formula for achieving a successful relationship is simple: you should treat all disasters as if they were trivialities but never treat a triviality as if it were a disaster.

Relationship

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The British do not expect happiness. I had the impression, all the time that I lived there, that they do not want to be happy they want to be right.

Happiness

Quentin Crisp

It's no good running a pig farm badly for 30 years while saying, 'Really, I was meant to be a ballet dancer.' By then, pigs will be your style.

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