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Giving parties is a trivial avocation, but it pays the dues for my union card in humanity.

~Elsa Maxwell

Topics: Card Dues Giving Humanity Parties Pays Trivial Union

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Bores put you in a mental cemetery while you are still walking.

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Topics: Bores Cemetery Mental Put Still Walking While You

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A bore is a vacuum cleaner of society, sucking up everything and giving nothing. Bores are always eager to be seen talking to you.

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Topics: Always Bore Bores Cleaner Eager Everything Giving Nothing Seen Society Sucking Talking Up Vacuum You

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I make enemies deliberately. They are the sauce piquante to my dish of life.

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Topics: Deliberately Dish Enemies Life Make Sauce

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I don't hate anyone. I dislike. But my dislike is the equivalent of anyone else's hate.

~Elsa Maxwell

Topics: Anyone Dislike Else Equivalent Hate

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Serve the dinner backward, do anything - but for goodness sake, do something weird.

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Topics: Anything Backward Dinner Goodness Sake Serve Something Weird

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Someone said that life is a party. You join in after it's started and leave before it's finished.

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Topics: After Before Finished Join Leave Life Life Is A Party Said Someone Started You

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Under pressure, people admit to murder, setting fire to the village church or robbing a bank, but never to being bores.

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Topics: Admit Bank Being Bores Church Fire Never People Pressure Robbing Setting Village

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Existence is a party. You join after its started and you leave before its finished.

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Topics: After Before Existence Finished Join Leave Party Started You

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Seeing unhappiness in the marriage of friends, I was content to have chosen music and laughter as a substitute for a husband.

~Elsa Maxwell

Topics: Chosen Content Friends Husband Laughter Marriage Music Seeing Substitute Unhappiness

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Writer

Born: May 24th, 1883

Died: November 1st, 1963

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