The trouble with the public is that there is too much of it; what we need in public is less quantity and more quality.

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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...

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

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

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?'

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

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

Pity the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.

Pity the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.

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....

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

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

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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 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.

It takes all sorts of people to make the underworld.

It takes all sorts of people to make the underworld.

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,...

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...

Poetry is what Milton saw when he went blind.

Poetry is what Milton saw when he went blind.

A sequel is an admission that you've been reduced to imitating yourself.

A sequel is an admission that you've been reduced to imitating yourself.