Genius is more often found in a cracked pot than in a whole one.

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I don't know which is more discouraging, literature or chickens.

I don't know which is more discouraging, literature or chickens.

Genius is more often found in a cracked pot than a whole one

Genius is more often found in a cracked pot than a whole one

The critic leaves at curtain fall To find, in starting to review it, He scarcely...

The critic leaves at curtain fall To find, in starting to review it, He scarcely...

I see nothing in space as promising as the view from a Ferris wheel.

I see nothing in space as promising as the view from a Ferris wheel.

It is easier for a man to be loyal to his club than to his...

It is easier for a man to be loyal to his club than to his...

The world is full of people who have never, since childhood, met an open doorway...

The world is full of people who have never, since childhood, met an open doorway...

Another segment of society that has constructed a language of its own is business. ......

Another segment of society that has constructed a language of its own is business. ......

Old age is a special problem for me because I've never been able to shed...

Old age is a special problem for me because I've never been able to shed...

You have been my friend. That in itself is a tremendous thing. I wove my...

You have been my friend. That in itself is a tremendous thing. I wove my...

When I was a child people simply looked about them and were moderately happy; today...

When I was a child people simply looked about them and were moderately happy; today...

A writer is like a bean plant - he has his little day, and then...

A writer is like a bean plant - he has his little day, and then...

Writing is an act of faith, not a trick of grammar.

Writing is an act of faith, not a trick of grammar.

Commas in The New Yorker fall with the precision of knives in a circus act,...

Commas in The New Yorker fall with the precision of knives in a circus act,...

The time not to become a father is eighteen years before a war.

The time not to become a father is eighteen years before a war.

The trouble with the profit system has always been that it was highly unprofitable to...

The trouble with the profit system has always been that it was highly unprofitable to...

All we need is a meteorologist who has once been soaked to the skin without...

All we need is a meteorologist who has once been soaked to the skin without...

There is nothing more likely to start disagreement among people or countries than an agreement.

There is nothing more likely to start disagreement among people or countries than an agreement.

My people and I have come to an agreement which satisfied us both. They are...

My people and I have come to an agreement which satisfied us both. They are...

The goal of communication is not to convince or to reach agreement, but to understand!

The goal of communication is not to convince or to reach agreement, but to understand!

Nobody agrees with anybody else anyhow, but adults conceal it and infants show it

Nobody agrees with anybody else anyhow, but adults conceal it and infants show it