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.

Quote by Don Marquis

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Procrastination is the art of keeping up with yesterday.

Procrastination is the art of keeping up with yesterday.

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...

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...

Procrastination is the art of keeping up with yesterday.

Procrastination is the art of keeping up with yesterday.

Blood will tell, but often it tells too much.

Blood will tell, but often it tells too much.

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.

Every cloud has its silver lining but it is sometimes a little difficult to get...

Every cloud has its silver lining but it is sometimes a little difficult to get...

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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

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

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

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

Poetry is what Milton saw when he went blind.

Poetry is what Milton saw when he went blind.

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...

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...

There is nothing so habit-forming as money.

There is nothing so habit-forming as money.

Happiness is the interval between periods of unhappiness.

Happiness is the interval between periods of unhappiness.

The art of living does not consist in preserving and clinging to a particular mood...

The art of living does not consist in preserving and clinging to a particular mood...

Envy consists in seeing things never in themselves, but only in their relations. If you...

Envy consists in seeing things never in themselves, but only in their relations. If you...