I have often noticed that ancestors never boast of the descendants who boast of ancestors. I would rather start a family than finish one. Blood will tell, but often it tells too much.

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Ideas pull the trigger, but instinct loads the gun.

Ideas pull the trigger, but instinct loads the gun.

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...

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.

Some persons are likeable in spite of their unswerving integrity.

Some persons are likeable in spite of their unswerving integrity.

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...

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...

Happiness is the interval between periods of unhappiness.

Happiness is the interval between periods of unhappiness.

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...

Blood will tell, but often it tells too much.

Blood will tell, but often it tells too much.

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...

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...

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...

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...

Fate often puts all the material for happiness and prosperity into a man's hands just...

Fate often puts all the material for happiness and prosperity into a man's hands just...

A demagogue is a person with whom we disagree as to which gang should mismanage...

A demagogue is a person with whom we disagree as to which gang should mismanage...

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

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

An idea is not responsible for the people who believe in it.

An idea is not responsible for the people who believe in it.

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

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

We can travel a long way and do many things, but our deepest happiness is...

We can travel a long way and do many things, but our deepest happiness is...

The reward of slavery has been made to look perhaps more aesthetically pleasing than the...

The reward of slavery has been made to look perhaps more aesthetically pleasing than the...

One of life's best coping mechanisms is to know the difference between an inconvenience and...

One of life's best coping mechanisms is to know the difference between an inconvenience and...