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Sorrow is tranquility remembered in emotion.

Dorothy Parker

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Dorothy Parker
Age: 73 †
Born: 1893
Born: August 22
Died: 1967
Died: June 7
Columnist
Journalist
Literary Critic
Poet
Screenwriter
Songwriter
Writer
West End
Monmouth County
New Jersey
Dorothy Rothschild
Dot Rothschild
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Tranquility
Remembered
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On being told of the death of former President Calvin Coolidge: How could they tell?
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They say of me, and so they should, It's doubtful if I come to good. I see acquaintances and friends Accumulating dividends And making enviable names In science, art and parlor games. But I, despite expert advice, Keep doing things I think are nice, And though to good I never come Inseparable my nose and thumb.
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[On hearing that President Coolidge was dead:] How can you tell?
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I wouldn't touch a superlative again with an umbrella.
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