“He was a great patriot, a humanitarian, a loyal friend - provided, of course, that he really is dead.”
Voltaire
“I like a man who's good, but not too good--for the good die young, and I hate a dead one.”
Mae West
“I don't think I'll get married again. I'll just find a woman I don't like and give her a house.”
Lewis Grizzard
“Satire lies about literary men while they live and eulogy lies about them when they die.”
“CECILY. When I see a spade I call it a spade./ GWENDOLEN. I am glad to say I have never seen a spade. It is obvious that our social spheres have been widely different.”
Oscar Wilde
“It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt.”
Mark Twain
“Go to Heaven for the climate, Hell for the company.”