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“Always remember, Peggy, it's matrimonial suicide to be jealous when you have a really good reason.”
Clare Boothe Luce
The Women
Edith, act III
The Women (1936)
“No good deed goes unpunished.”
Roman Candle (Leticia Baldridge), p. 129 (1956)
Quelle: This famous quip was first quoted in print by Luce's social secretary Letitia Baldrige in Roman Candle (Houghton Mifflin, Boston, 1956), 129: "When I would entreat her to engage in resolving a specific case, she replied, 'No good deed goes unpunished, Tish, remember that.'" Oscar Wilde, Billy Wilder, and Andrew Mellon have also been cited as sources, but without written evidence.
“You know, that's the only good thing about divorce; you get to sleep with your mother.”
Clare Boothe Luce
The Women
Little Mary, act III
The Women (1936)
