Poets are born, not made

Quote by American Proverb

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Never swap horses crossing a stream

Never swap horses crossing a stream

Eat, drink, and be merry. For tomorrow we die.

Eat, drink, and be merry. For tomorrow we die.

Silence is golden

Silence is golden

Don't judge a book by its cover

Don't judge a book by its cover

Every sin carries its own punishment.

Every sin carries its own punishment.

No good Indian but a dead Indian

No good Indian but a dead Indian

The wish is the father of the deed

The wish is the father of the deed

The game is not worth the candle

The game is not worth the candle

Honesty is like an icicle; if once it melts that is the end of it

Honesty is like an icicle; if once it melts that is the end of it

Where there's smoke, there's fire

Where there's smoke, there's fire

You don't put robbers to work in a bank

You don't put robbers to work in a bank

Success is a ladder you cannot climb with your hands in your pockets

Success is a ladder you cannot climb with your hands in your pockets

The wicked work harder to preach hell than the righteous do to get to heaven.

The wicked work harder to preach hell than the righteous do to get to heaven.

Don't judge a book by its cover

Don't judge a book by its cover

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

An ounce of discretion is worth a pound of wit.

An ounce of discretion is worth a pound of wit.

In politics a man must learn to rise above principle.

In politics a man must learn to rise above principle.

The whole art of politics consists in directing rationally the irrationalities of men.

The whole art of politics consists in directing rationally the irrationalities of men.

I am invariably of the politics of the people at whose table I sit, or...

I am invariably of the politics of the people at whose table I sit, or...