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

Quote by Don Marquis

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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...

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...

Pity the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.

Pity the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.

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

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

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...

When a man tells you that he got rich through hard work, ask him: 'Whose?'

When a man tells you that he got rich through hard work, ask him: 'Whose?'

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.

Procrastination is the art of keeping up with yesterday.

Procrastination is the art of keeping up with yesterday.

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

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

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...

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.

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...

Ideas pull the trigger, but instinct loads the gun.

Ideas pull the trigger, but instinct loads the gun.

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.

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....

One who is proud of ancestry is like a turnip; there is nothing good of...

One who is proud of ancestry is like a turnip; there is nothing good of...

He who boasts of his ancestry praises the merits of another

He who boasts of his ancestry praises the merits of another