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> [There is something distinguished about even his failures; they sink not trivially, but with a certain air of majesty, like a great ship, its flags flying, full of holes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-jean-nathan/there-is-something-distinguished-about-even-his-failures-they-sink/)

[George Jean Nathan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-jean-nathan/)

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## More by George Jean Nathan

> [A man's wife is his compromise with the illusion of his first sweetheart.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-jean-nathan/a-man-s-wife-is-his-compromise-with-the-illusion-of-his-first/)

[George Jean Nathan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-jean-nathan/)

> [What passes for woman's intuition is more often intrinsically nothing more than man's transparency.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-jean-nathan/what-passes-for-woman-s-intuition-is-more-often-intrinsically-nothing/)

[George Jean Nathan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-jean-nathan/)

> [Common sense, in so far as it exists, is all for the bourgeoisie. Nonsense is the privilege of the aristocracy. The worries of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-jean-nathan/common-sense-in-so-far-as-it-exists-is-all-for-the-bourgeoisie/)

[George Jean Nathan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-jean-nathan/)

> [An optimist is a fellow who believes a housefly is looking for a way to get out.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-jean-nathan/an-optimist-is-a-fellow-who-believes-a-housefly-is-looking-for-a-way/)

[George Jean Nathan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-jean-nathan/)

> [In the theatre, a hero is one who believes that all women are ladies, a villain one who believes that all ladies are women.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-jean-nathan/in-the-theatre-a-hero-is-one-who-believes-that-all-women-are-ladies-a/)

[George Jean Nathan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-jean-nathan/)

> [A life spent in constant labor is a life wasted, save a man be such a fool as to regard a fulsome obituary notice…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-jean-nathan/a-life-spent-in-constant-labor-is-a-life-wasted-save-a-man-be-such-a/)

[George Jean Nathan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-jean-nathan/)

> [Hollywood is ten million dollars worth of intricate and high ingenious machinery functioning elaborately to put skin on baloney.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-jean-nathan/hollywood-is-ten-million-dollars-worth-of-intricate-and-high/)

[George Jean Nathan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-jean-nathan/)

> [The notion that as a man grows older his illusions leave him is not quite true. What is true is that his early illusions…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-jean-nathan/the-notion-that-as-a-man-grows-older-his-illusions-leave-him-is-not/)

[George Jean Nathan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-jean-nathan/)

> [I drink to make other people interesting.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-jean-nathan/i-drink-to-make-other-people-interesting/)

[George Jean Nathan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-jean-nathan/)

> [A man may be said to love most truly that woman in whose company he can feel drowsy in comfort.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-jean-nathan/a-man-may-be-said-to-love-most-truly-that-woman-in-whose-company-he/)

[George Jean Nathan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-jean-nathan/)

> [Bad officials are elected by good citizens who do not vote.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-jean-nathan/bad-officials-are-elected-by-good-citizens-who-do-not-vote/)

[George Jean Nathan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-jean-nathan/)

> [The Russian dramatist is one who, walking through a cemetery, does not see the flowers on the graves. The American dramatist . . .…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-jean-nathan/the-russian-dramatist-is-one-who-walking-through-a-cemetery-does-not/)

[George Jean Nathan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-jean-nathan/)

> [Drama - what literature does at night.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-jean-nathan/drama-what-literature-does-at-night/)

[George Jean Nathan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-jean-nathan/)

> [The triumph of sugar over diabetes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-jean-nathan/the-triumph-of-sugar-over-diabetes/)

[George Jean Nathan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-jean-nathan/)

> [The sweetest memory is that which involves something which one should not have done; the bitterest, that which involves something which one should not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-jean-nathan/the-sweetest-memory-is-that-which-involves-something-which-one-should/)

[George Jean Nathan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-jean-nathan/)

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