The art of newspaper paragraphing is to stroke a platitude until it purrs like an epigram.

Quote by Don Marquis

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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...

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

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

Procrastination is the art of keeping up with yesterday.

Procrastination is the art of keeping up with yesterday.

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

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

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...

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...

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.

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.

The chief obstacle to the progress of the human race is the human race.

The chief obstacle to the progress of the human race is the human race.

Happiness is the interval between periods of unhappiness.

Happiness is the interval between periods of unhappiness.

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?'

Some persons are likeable in spite of their unswerving integrity.

Some persons are likeable in spite of their unswerving integrity.

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...

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...

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...

Every cloud has its silver lining but it is sometimes a little difficult to get...

Every cloud has its silver lining but it is sometimes a little difficult to get...

I would rather start a family than finish one.

I would rather start a family than finish one.

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...

If you want to get rich from writing, write the sort of thing that's read...

If you want to get rich from writing, write the sort of thing that's read...