Children rarely want to know who their parents were before they were parents, and when age finally stirs their curiosity, there is no parent left to tell them.

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Don't try to make children grow up to be like you, or they may do...

Don't try to make children grow up to be like you, or they may do...

Live by publicity, you'll probably die by publicity.

Live by publicity, you'll probably die by publicity.

The only thing I was fit for was to be a writer, and this notion...

The only thing I was fit for was to be a writer, and this notion...

Misery no longer loves company. Nowadays it insists on it.

Misery no longer loves company. Nowadays it insists on it.

A group of politicians deciding to dump a President because his morals are bad is...

A group of politicians deciding to dump a President because his morals are bad is...

In America nothing dies easier than tradition.

In America nothing dies easier than tradition.

Ah, summer, what power you have to make us suffer and like it.

Ah, summer, what power you have to make us suffer and like it.

The worst thing about being a tourist is having other tourists recognize you as a...

The worst thing about being a tourist is having other tourists recognize you as a...

In America, it is sport that is the opiate of the masses.

In America, it is sport that is the opiate of the masses.

People who say you're just as old as you feel are all wrong, fortunately.

People who say you're just as old as you feel are all wrong, fortunately.

An educated person is one who has learned that information almost always turns out to...

An educated person is one who has learned that information almost always turns out to...

Usually, terrible things that are done with the excuse that progress requires them are not...

Usually, terrible things that are done with the excuse that progress requires them are not...

The common law is nothing else but statutes worn out by time

The common law is nothing else but statutes worn out by time

What the New Yorker calls home would seem like a couple of closets to most...

What the New Yorker calls home would seem like a couple of closets to most...

A solved problem creates two new problems, and the best prescription for happy living is...

A solved problem creates two new problems, and the best prescription for happy living is...

Inanimate objects can be classified scientifically into three major categories; those that don't work, those...

Inanimate objects can be classified scientifically into three major categories; those that don't work, those...

The only thing I was fit for was to be a writer, and this notion...

The only thing I was fit for was to be a writer, and this notion...

I gave up on new poetry myself 30 years ago when most of it began...

I gave up on new poetry myself 30 years ago when most of it began...

Reporters thrive on the world's misfortune. For this reason they often take an indecent pleasure...

Reporters thrive on the world's misfortune. For this reason they often take an indecent pleasure...

Live by publicity, you'll probably die by publicity.

Live by publicity, you'll probably die by publicity.