George Jean Nathan
George Jean Nathan
George Jean Nathanwas an American drama critic and editor. He worked closely with H.L. Mencken, bringing the literary magazine The Smart Set to prominence as an editor, and co-founding and editing The American Mercury and The American Spectator...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionEditor
Date of Birth14 February 1882
CountryUnited States of America
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Love demands infinitely less than friendship.
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A man reserves his true and deepest love not for the species of woman in whose company he finds himself electrified and enkindled, but for that one in whose company he may feel tenderly drowsy.
music art mad
Great art is as irrational as great music. It is mad with its own loveliness.
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Bad officials are the ones elected by good citizens who do not vote.
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In the theatre, a hero is one who believes that all women are ladies, a villain one who believes that all ladies are women.
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Love is an emotion experienced by the many and enjoyed by the few.
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I drink to make other people interesting.
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A life spent in constant labor is a life wasted, save a man be such a fool as to regard a fulsome obituary notice as ample reward.
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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.
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Beauty makes idiots sad and wise men merry.
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A broken heart is a monument to a love that will never die; fulfillment is a monument to a love that is already on its deathbed.
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An actor without a playwright is like a hole without a doughnut.
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A ham is simply any actor who has not been successful in repressing his natural instincts.
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It is also said of me that I now and then contradict myself. Yes, I improve wonderfully as time goes on.