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

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

Elsa Maxwell quotes: Good manners - the longer I live the more convinced I am of it - are a priceless insurance against failure and loneliness. And anyone can have them.

Good manners - the longer I live the more convinced I am of it - are a priceless insurance against failure and loneliness. And anyone can have them.

Elsa Maxwell quotes: Existence is a party. You join after its started and you leave before its finished.

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

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

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

Elsa Maxwell quotes: Intolerance of mediocrity has been the main prop of my independence.

Intolerance of mediocrity has been the main prop of my independence.

Elsa Maxwell quotes: Nothing spoils a good party like a genius.

Nothing spoils a good party like a genius.

Elsa Maxwell quotes: Protocol may be defined as the code of etiquette which protects royalty from the competition of intellectual and social superiors.

Protocol may be defined as the code of etiquette which protects royalty from the competition of intellectual and social superiors.

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

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

Elsa Maxwell quotes: Bores put you in a mental cemetery while you are still walking.

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

Elsa Maxwell quotes: The cocktail party is easily the worst invention since castor oil

The cocktail party is easily the worst invention since castor oil

Elsa Maxwell quotes: To get fifty people to a cocktail party in New York, you ask one hundred. In Hollywood, you invite twenty.

To get fifty people to a cocktail party in New York, you ask one hundred. In Hollywood, you invite twenty.

Elsa Maxwell quotes: I make enemies deliberately. They are the sauce piquante to my dish of life.

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

Elsa Maxwell quotes: Laugh at yourself first, before anyone else can.

Laugh at yourself first, before anyone else can.

Elsa Maxwell quotes: Serve the dinner backward, do anything - but for goodness sake, do something weird.

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

Elsa Maxwell quotes: Keep your talent in the dark and you'll never be insulted.

Keep your talent in the dark and you'll never be insulted.

Elsa Maxwell quotes: Only those who have earned leisure know how to use it profitably.

Only those who have earned leisure know how to use it profitably.

Elsa Maxwell quotes: Good manners spring from just one thing - kind impulses.

Good manners spring from just one thing - kind impulses.

Elsa Maxwell quotes: Down with boredom. It has to go.

Down with boredom. It has to go.

Elsa Maxwell quotes: Etiquette-a fancy word for simple kindness.

Etiquette-a fancy word for simple kindness.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Elsa Maxwell quotes: Most rich people are the poorest people I know.

Most rich people are the poorest people I know.