Quentin Crisp Quotes & Sayings (Page 4)

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

“Abatement in the hostility of one's enemies must never be thought to signify they have been won over. It only means that one has ceased to constitute a threat.”

“Nothing shortens a journey so pleasantly as an account of misfortunes at which the hearer is permitted to laugh.”

“The law is simply expediency wearing a long white dress.”

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

“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.”

“Sex is the last refuge of the miserable.”

“However low a man sinks he never reaches the level of the police.”

“Living en famille provides the strongest motives for rudeness combined with the maximum opportunity for displaying it.”

“Nothing more rapidly inclines a person to go into a monastery than reading a book on etiquette. There are so many trivial ways in which it is possible to commit some social sin.”