George Jean Nathan
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“Women, as they grow older, rely more and more on cosmetics. Men, as they grow older, rely more and more on a sense of humor.” -George Jean Nathan
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“It is only the cynicism that is born of success that is penetrating and valid.” -George Jean Nathan
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“Beauty makes idiots sad and wise men merry.” -George Jean Nathan
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“Politics is the diversion of trivial men who, when they succeed at it, become important in the eyes of more trivial men.” -George Jean Nathan
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“Patriotism is often an arbitrary veneration of real estate above principles.” -George Jean Nathan
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“Great art is as irrational as great music. It is mad with its own loveliness.” -George Jean Nathan
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“I know many married men, I even know a few happily married men, but I don’t know one who wouldn’t fall down the first open coal hole running after the first pretty girl who gave him a wink.” -George Jean Nathan
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“Love is an emotion experienced by the many and enjoyed by the few.” -George Jean Nathan
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“To speak of morals in art is to speak of legislature in sex. Art is the sex of the imagination.” -George Jean Nathan
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“Great art is as irrational as great music. It is mad with its own loveliness.” -George Jean Nathan
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“Bad officials are the ones elected by good citizens who do not vote.” -George Jean Nathan
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“Love demands infinitely less than friendship.” -George Jean Nathan
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“Beauty makes idiots sad and wise men merry.” -George Jean Nathan
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“Criticism is the art of appraising others at one’s own value.” -George Jean Nathan
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“No man can think clearly when his fists are clenched.” -George Jean Nathan
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