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" The chief obstacle to the progress of the human race is the human race. "
Don Marquis
Chief
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" Honesty is a good thing, but it is not profitable to its possessor unless it is kept under control. "
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" I have often noticed that ancestors never boast of the descendants who boast of ancestors. I would rather start a family than finish one. Blood will tell, but often it tells too much. "
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" A demagogue is a person with whom we disagree as to which gang should mismanage the country. "
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" An idea isn't responsible for the people who believe in it. "
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" The art of newspaper paragraphing is to stroke a platitude until it purrs like an epigram. "
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" An optimist is a guy that has never had much experience. "
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" There is luxury in self-reproach. When we blame ourselves, we feel no one else has a right to blame us. "
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" Man cannot be uplifted; he must be seduced into virtue. "
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" Happiness is the interval between periods of unhappiness. "
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" When a man tells you that he got rich through hard work, ask him: 'Whose?' "
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" Writing a book of poetry is like dropping a rose petal down the Grand Canyon and waiting for the echo. "
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" It takes all sorts of people to make the underworld. "
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" Fishing is a delusion entirely surrounded by liars in old clothes. "
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Clothes
Old
" We pay for the mistakes of our ancestors, and it seems only fair that they should leave us the money to pay with. "
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" The trouble with the public is that there is too much of it; what we need in public is less quantity and more quality. "
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Need
Quality
" Middle age is the time when a man is always thinking that in a week or two he will feel as good as ever. "
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Week
" Successful people are the ones who think up things for the rest of the world to keep busy at. "
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Busy
People
" Pity the meek, for they shall inherit the earth. "
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Pity
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" There is nothing so habit-forming as money. "
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" Ideas pull the trigger, but instinct loads the gun. "
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Ideas
Instinct
" One of the most important things to remember about infant care is: don't change diapers in midstream. "
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Change
Care
" Age is not a particularly interesting subject. Anyone can get old. All you have to do is live long enough. "
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You
Old
Live
" Punctuality is one of the cardinal business virtues: always insist on it in your subordinates. "
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Insist
Business
" Of middle age the best that can be said is that a middle-aged person has likely learned how to have a little fun in spite of his troubles. "
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Said
Best
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" A pessimist is a person who has had to listen to too many optimists. "
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