The very purpose of existence is to reconcile the glowing opinion we have of ourselves with the appalling things that other people think about us. -Quentin Crisp

 

The very purpose of existence is to reconcile the glowing opinion we have of ourselves with the appalling things that other people think about us.


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This quote is just one of 26 total Quentin Crisp quotes in our collection. Quentin Crisp is known for saying 'The very purpose of existence is to reconcile the glowing opinion we have of ourselves with the appalling things that other people think about us.' as well as some of the following quotes.

Is not the whole world a vast house of assignation to which the filing system has been lost?

Quentin Crisp

Sex is the last refuge of the miserable.

Quentin Crisp

Vice is its own reward.

Quentin Crisp

Treat all disasters as if they were trivialities but never treat a triviality as if it were a disaster.

Quentin Crisp

It is explained that all relationships require a little give and take. This is untrue. Any partnership demands that we give and give and give and at the last, as we flop into our graves exhausted, we are told that we didn't give enough.

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