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.

Quote by Don Marquis

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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.

There is nothing so habit-forming as money.

There is nothing so habit-forming as money.

Man cannot be uplifted; he must be seduced into virtue.

Man cannot be uplifted; he must be seduced into virtue.

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

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

Did you ever notice that when a politician does get an idea he usually gets...

Did you ever notice that when a politician does get an idea he usually gets...

Poetry is what Milton saw when he went blind.

Poetry is what Milton saw when he went blind.

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

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

Happiness is the interval between periods of unhappiness.

Happiness is the interval between periods of unhappiness.

It takes all sorts of people to make the underworld.

It takes all sorts of people to make the underworld.

Publishing a volume of verse is like dropping a rose petal down the Grand Canyon...

Publishing a volume of verse is like dropping a rose petal down the Grand Canyon...

In all systems of theology the devil figures as a male person. Yes, it is...

In all systems of theology the devil figures as a male person. Yes, it is...

A demagogue is a person with whom we disagree as to which gang should mismanage...

A demagogue is a person with whom we disagree as to which gang should mismanage...

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

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

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,...

Middle age is the time when a man is always thinking that in a week...

Middle age is the time when a man is always thinking that in a week...

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.

I would rather start a family than finish one.

I would rather start a family than finish one.

I have often noticed that ancestors never boast of the descendants who boast of ancestors....

I have often noticed that ancestors never boast of the descendants who boast of ancestors....

One who is proud of ancestry is like a turnip; there is nothing good of...

One who is proud of ancestry is like a turnip; there is nothing good of...

He who boasts of his ancestry praises the merits of another

He who boasts of his ancestry praises the merits of another