Some persons are likeable in spite of their unswerving integrity.

Quote by Don Marquis

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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...

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

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

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...

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...

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

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

Ideas pull the trigger, but instinct loads the gun.

Ideas pull the trigger, but instinct loads the gun.

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

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

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?'

Happiness is the interval between periods of unhappiness.

Happiness is the interval between periods of unhappiness.

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...

Bores bore each other too; but it never seems to teach them anything.

Bores bore each other too; but it never seems to teach them anything.

It takes all sorts of people to make the underworld.

It takes all sorts of people to make the underworld.

Procrastination is the art of keeping up with yesterday.

Procrastination is the art of keeping up with yesterday.

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...

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.

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

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

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

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

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,...

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.