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Quote by Quentin Crisp
Euphemisms are unpleasant truths wearing diplomatic cologne. - Que

Euphemisms are unpleasant truths wearing diplomatic cologne. – Quentin Crisp

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For an introvert his environment is himself and can never be subject to startling or unforeseen change. – 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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Though intelligence is powerless to modify character, it is a dab hand at finding euphemisms for its weaknesses. – Quentin Crisp

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Human speech is like a cracked cauldron on which we bang out tunes that make bears dance, when what we want is to move the stars to pity. – Gustave Flaubert

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Dictionaries are like watches; the worst is better than none, and the best cannot be expected to go quite true. – Samuel Johnson

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Because language is the carrier of ideas, it is easy to believe that it should be very little else than such a carrier. – Louise Bogan

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