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

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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...

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.

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.

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

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

Pity the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.

Pity the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.

A sequel is an admission that you've been reduced to imitating yourself.

A sequel is an admission that you've been reduced to imitating yourself.

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...

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....

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...

Blood will tell, but often it tells too much.

Blood will tell, but often it tells too much.

It takes all sorts of people to make the underworld.

It takes all sorts of people to make the underworld.

An idea is not responsible for the people who believe in it.

An idea is not responsible for the people who believe in it.

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.

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

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

There is nothing so habit-forming as money.

There is nothing so habit-forming as money.

In order to influence a child, one must be careful not to be that child's...

In order to influence a child, one must be careful not to be that child's...

The trouble with the public is that there is too much of it; what we...

The trouble with the public is that there is too much of it; what we...

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,...

Writing a book of poetry is like dropping a rose petal down the Grand Canyon...

Writing a book of poetry is like dropping a rose petal down the Grand Canyon...