Every game ever invented by mankind, is a way of making things hard for the fun of it!

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A neighborhood is a residential area that is changing for the worse.

A neighborhood is a residential area that is changing for the worse.

Gentility is what is left over from rich ancestors after the money is gone.

Gentility is what is left over from rich ancestors after the money is gone.

Early to bed and early to rise probably indicates unskilled labor.

Early to bed and early to rise probably indicates unskilled labor.

Love is the word used to label the sexual excitement of the young, the habituation...

Love is the word used to label the sexual excitement of the young, the habituation...

Poetry lies its way to the truth.

Poetry lies its way to the truth.

What has any poet to trust more than the feel of the thing? Theory concerns...

What has any poet to trust more than the feel of the thing? Theory concerns...

The classroom should be an entrance into the world, not an escape from it.

The classroom should be an entrance into the world, not an escape from it.

But when the pen is in his hand he has to write by itch and...

But when the pen is in his hand he has to write by itch and...

Every parent is at some time the father of the unreturned prodigal, with nothing to...

Every parent is at some time the father of the unreturned prodigal, with nothing to...

Intelligence recognizes what has happened. Genius recognizes what will happen.

Intelligence recognizes what has happened. Genius recognizes what will happen.

The Constitution gives every American the inalienable right to make a damn fool of himself.

The Constitution gives every American the inalienable right to make a damn fool of himself.

The day will happen whether or not you get up.

The day will happen whether or not you get up.

Every parent is at some time the father of the unreturned prodigal, with nothing to...

Every parent is at some time the father of the unreturned prodigal, with nothing to...

Nothing goes further toward a man's liberation than the act of surviving his need for...

Nothing goes further toward a man's liberation than the act of surviving his need for...

There is nothing wrong with sobriety in moderation.

There is nothing wrong with sobriety in moderation.

You don't have to suffer to be a poet; adolescence is enough suffering for anyone.

You don't have to suffer to be a poet; adolescence is enough suffering for anyone.

Modern art is what happens when painters stop looking at girls and persuade themselves that...

Modern art is what happens when painters stop looking at girls and persuade themselves that...

It is good taste, and good taste alone, that possesses the power to sterilize and...

It is good taste, and good taste alone, that possesses the power to sterilize and...

Art is pattern informed by sensibility.

Art is pattern informed by sensibility.

It is a great art to laugh at your own misfortune

It is a great art to laugh at your own misfortune

Great art picks up where nature ends.

Great art picks up where nature ends.