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

Quote by Don Marquis

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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....

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...

Pity the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.

Pity the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.

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

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

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...

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...

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?'

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.

A pessimist is a person who has had to listen to too many optimists.

A pessimist is a person who has had to listen to too many optimists.

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...

Happiness is the interval between periods of unhappiness.

Happiness is the interval between periods of unhappiness.

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...

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...

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.

It takes all sorts of people to make the underworld.

It takes all sorts of people to make the underworld.

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...

Writing a book of poetry is like dropping a rose petal down the Grand Canyon...

Writing a book of poetry is like dropping a rose petal down the Grand Canyon...

Poetry is what Milton saw when he went blind.

Poetry is what Milton saw when he went blind.