Talk:Pearls Before Swine

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[edit] Dorothy Parker

(moved from User talk:DropDeadGorgias and User talk:SebastianHelm)

I just wrote I'd ask before I reverted someone's well-meant edits, and then I deleted the reference to Dorothy Parker on Pearls Before Swine. If you feel it is noteworthy feel free to reinsert it, but please write on her page what's special about her using it. — Sebastian 03:39, 2005 Mar 20 (UTC)

The story goes that Dorothy Parker and Clare Booth Luce were entering a building. Both women were famous for their vicious insults; Clare stayed behind and as Dorothy entered the building first, she stated "Age before beauty." Dorothy Parker kept walking in, and immediately retorted "Pearls before swine." The quote is often used to demonstrate Parker's uncommonly quick wit. The quote was originally on the Dorothy Parker article, but it has now been moved to wikiquote here. I'm not really sure it needs to be mentioned in the Pearls Before Swine article, but the quote is quite famous, so I could go either way on it. In either case, that's why it was added to the article, whether or not it should stay is anybody's guess. Cheers, DropDeadGorgias (talk) 16:21, Mar 21, 2005 (UTC)

Thanks - this is indeed an interesting abuse of this phrase. I'll put it back! — Sebastian 04:55, 2005 Mar 22 (UTC)

This is from Matthew 7:6 but I don't know where's the correct place to insert that information into the article. --Teflon Toast (talk) 23:17, 9 December 2007 (UTC)