Blood will tell, but often it tells too much.

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Successful people are the ones who think up things for the rest of the world...

Successful people are the ones who think up things for the rest of the world...

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...

A pessimist is a person who has had to listen to too many optimists.

A pessimist is a person who has had to listen to too many optimists.

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...

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...

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.

Poetry is what Milton saw when he went blind.

Poetry is what Milton saw when he went blind.

One of the most important things to remember about infant care is: don't change diapers...

One of the most important things to remember about infant care is: don't change diapers...

Prohibition makes you want to cry into your beer and denies you the beer to...

Prohibition makes you want to cry into your beer and denies you the beer to...

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...

An idea isn't responsible for the people who believe in it.

An idea isn't responsible for the people who believe in it.

The art of newspaper paragraphing is to stroke a platitude until it purrs like an...

The art of newspaper paragraphing is to stroke a platitude until it purrs like an...

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.

We pay for the mistakes of our ancestors, and it seems only fair that they...

We pay for the mistakes of our ancestors, and it seems only fair that they...

It takes all sorts of people to make the underworld.

It takes all sorts of people to make the underworld.

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.

If you want to get rich from writing, write the sort of thing that's read...

If you want to get rich from writing, write the sort of thing that's read...

I would rather start a family than finish one.

I would rather start a family than finish one.

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

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