“One can survive everything, nowadays, except death, and live down everything except a good reputation.”
“We have really everything in common with America nowadays, except, of course, language.”
“Women have a wonderful instinct about things. They can discover everything except the obvious.”
“The public is wonderfully tolerant. It forgives everything except genius.”
“Everything in the world is about sex except sex. Sex is about power.”
“The public have an insatiable curiosity to know everything, except what is worth knowing.”
“A poet can survive everything but a misprint.”