Quote by Quentin Crisp
The British do not expect happiness. I had the impression, all the

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. – Quentin Crisp

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I recommend limiting ones involvement in other peoples lives to a pleasantly scant minimum. This may seem too stoical a position in these madly passionate times, but madly passionate people rarely make good on their madly passionate promises. – Quentin Crisp

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A gentleman doesnt pounce he glides. If a woman sits on a piece of furniture which permits your sitting beside her, you are free to regard this as an invitation, though not an unequivocal one. – Quentin Crisp

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The young always have the same problem — how to rebel and conform at the same time. They have now solved this by defying their parents and copying one another. – Quentin Crisp

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Traveling is the ruin of all happiness! Theres no looking at a building after seeing Italy. – Fanny Burney

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Real elation is when you feel you could touch a star without standing on tiptoe. – Doug Larson

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To be able to throw ones self away for the sake of a moment, to be able to sacrifice years for a womans smile – that is happiness. – Hermann Hesse

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Most people would rather be certain they’re miserable, than risk being happy. – Robert Anthony

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