At a dinner party one should eat wisely but not to... -W. Somerset Maugham

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At a dinner party one should eat wisely but not too well, and talk well but not too wisely.

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Impropriety is the soul of wit....
I can imagine no more comfortable frame of mind for the conduct of life than a humorous resignation....
You are not angry with people when you laugh at them. Humor teaches tolerance....
It is not true that suffering ennobles the character; happiness does that sometimes, but suffering for the most part, makes men petty and vindictive....
The crown of literature is poetry....
A man marries to have a home, but also because he doesn't want to be bothered with sex and all that sort of thing....
We are not the same persons this year as last; nor are those we love. It is a happy chance if we, changing, continue to love a changed person....
Only a mediocre person is always at his best....
It's a funny thing about life; if you refuse to accept anything but the best, you very often get it....
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I know. I'm lazy. But I made myself a New Years resolution that I would write myself something really special. Which means I have 'til December, right...
I've had some lovely extraordinary experiences on New Year's Eve....
Dinner was made for eating, not for talking....
I had a New Year's kiss once. But it was like, 'Let's start the year off together,' and then we wound up breaking up the night after!...
Deep breaths are very helpful at shallow parties....
Dick Clark will be truly missed. We will carry on his legacy every New Year's Eve....
If you are young and you drink a great deal it will spoil your health, slow your mind, make you fat - in other words, turn you into an adult....
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To be an ideal guest, stay at home....
I doubt if you can have a truly wild party without liquor....