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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Some persons are likeable in spite of their unswerving integrity.

Some persons are likeable in spite of their unswerving integrity.

It takes all sorts of people to make the underworld.

It takes all sorts of people to make the underworld.

Of middle age the best that can be said is that a middle-aged person has...

Of middle age the best that can be said is that a middle-aged person has...

Of middle age the best that can be said is that a middle-aged person has...

Of middle age the best that can be said is that a middle-aged person has...

The chief obstacle to the progress of the human race is the human race.

The chief obstacle to the progress of the human race is the human race.

Honesty is a good thing, but it is not profitable to its possessor unless it...

Honesty is a good thing, but it is not profitable to its possessor unless it...

Prohibition makes you want to cry into your beer and denies you the beer to...

Prohibition makes you want to cry into your beer and denies you the beer to...

Poetry is what Milton saw when he went blind.

Poetry is what Milton saw when he went blind.

When a man tells you that he got rich through hard work, ask him: 'Whose?'

When a man tells you that he got rich through hard work, ask him: 'Whose?'

Punctuality is one of the cardinal business virtues: always insist on it in your subordinates.

Punctuality is one of the cardinal business virtues: always insist on it in your subordinates.

An optimist is a guy that has never had much experience.

An optimist is a guy that has never had much experience.

Bores bore each other too; but it never seems to teach them anything.

Bores bore each other too; but it never seems to teach them anything.

By the time a bartender knows what drink a man will have before he orders,...

By the time a bartender knows what drink a man will have before he orders,...

Ideas pull the trigger, but instinct loads the gun.

Ideas pull the trigger, but instinct loads the gun.

Fishing is a delusion entirely surrounded by liars in old clothes.

Fishing is a delusion entirely surrounded by liars in old clothes.

There is luxury in self-reproach. When we blame ourselves, we feel no one else has...

There is luxury in self-reproach. When we blame ourselves, we feel no one else has...

A hypocrite is a person who - but who isn't?

A hypocrite is a person who - but who isn't?

Pity the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.

Pity the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.

A pessimist is a person who has had to listen to too many optimists.

A pessimist is a person who has had to listen to too many optimists.

We pay for the mistakes of our ancestors, and it seems only fair that they...

We pay for the mistakes of our ancestors, and it seems only fair that they...