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Euphemisms are unpleasant truths wearing diplomatic cologne. - Que

Euphemisms are unpleasant truths wearing diplomatic cologne. – Quentin Crisp

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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 dont believe? – Quentin Crisp

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Vice is its own reward. It is virtue which, if it is to be marketed with consumer appeal, must carry Green Shield stamps. – Quentin Crisp

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In English every word can be verbed. Would that it were so in our programming languages. – Alan J. Perlis

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One can say of language that it is potentially the only human home, the only dwelling place that cannot be hostile to man. – John Berger

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I like the word “indolence.” It makes my laziness seem classy. – Bern Williams

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Broadly speaking, the short words are the best, and the old words best of all. – Winston Churchill

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