Ideas pull the trigger, but instinct loads the gun.

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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...

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...

Some persons are likeable in spite of their unswerving integrity.

Some persons are likeable in spite of their unswerving integrity.

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

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

Blood will tell, but often it tells too much.

Blood will tell, but often it tells too much.

It takes all sorts of people to make the underworld.

It takes all sorts of people to make the underworld.

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...

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....

There is nothing so habit-forming as money.

There is nothing so habit-forming as money.

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...

Pity the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.

Pity the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.

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...

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

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

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

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

In order to influence a child, one must be careful not to be that child's...

In order to influence a child, one must be careful not to be that child's...

Procrastination is the art of keeping up with yesterday.

Procrastination is the art of keeping up with yesterday.

By the time a bartender knows what drink a man will have before he orders,...

By the time a bartender knows what drink a man will have before he orders,...

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...

In all systems of theology the devil figures as a male person. Yes, it is...

In all systems of theology the devil figures as a male person. Yes, it is...

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...