Blood will tell, but often it tells too much.

Quote by Don Marquis

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Some persons are likeable in spite of their unswerving integrity.

Some persons are likeable in spite of their unswerving integrity.

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...

Ours is a world where people don't know what they want and are willing to...

Ours is a world where people don't know what they want and are willing to...

If you make people think they're thinking, they'll love you. If you really make them...

If you make people think they're thinking, they'll love you. If you really make them...

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...

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...

It takes all sorts of people to make the underworld.

It takes all sorts of people to make the underworld.

Poetry is what Milton saw when he went blind.

Poetry is what Milton saw when he went blind.

Happiness is the interval between periods of unhappiness.

Happiness is the interval between periods of unhappiness.

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.

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

I would rather start a family than finish one.

I would rather start a family than finish one.

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

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

The hypocrite who always plays one and the same part ceases at last to be...

The hypocrite who always plays one and the same part ceases at last to be...

We ought to see far enough into a hypocrite to see even his sincerity.

We ought to see far enough into a hypocrite to see even his sincerity.