I never hated a man enough to give him his diamonds back.

Zsa Zsa Gabor’s quip plays on her public persona—glamorous, romantically adventurous, and unapologetically material-savvy. The line suggests that even intense personal animosity would not outweigh the practical (and symbolic) value of diamonds received from a man, typically as gifts from lovers or husbands. It’s a joke about transactional romance and the social economy of celebrity relationships: affection may end, but the spoils remain. The humor comes from reversing expected moral propriety (returning gifts after a breakup) and replacing it with a cool, self-interested calculus, turning bitterness into a punchline about luxury and power.