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Letter "D" » Dorothy Parker Quotes
«Most good women are hidden treasures who are only safe because nobody looks for them.»
«Where's the man could ease a heart / Like a satin gown?»
«If all the young ladies who attended the Yale promenade dance were laid end to end, no one would be the least surprised.»
Author: Dorothy Parker
(Poet, Writer)
| Keywords:
attended, end to end, ladies, laid, promenade, surprised, Yale, young lady
«There is entirely too much charm around, and something must be done to stop it.»
«Misfortune, and recited misfortune especially, may be prolonged to the point where it ceases to excite pity and arouses only irritation.»
Author: Dorothy Parker
(Poet, Writer)
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Misfortune
| Keywords:
arouses, arousing, ceases, especially, excite, irritation, irritations, misfortune, pity, prolonged, prolonging, prolongs, recited, recites, reciting, the point, to the point
«If I had any decency, I'd be dead. Most of my friends are.»
«I suppose that now if I ever wrote a play about myself I'd be sued for plagiarism»
«Brevity is the soul of lingerie.»
«This is on me. [suggested for her tombstone]»
«I wouldn't touch a superlative again with an umbrella.»
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