When a man tells you that he got rich through hard work, ask him: 'Whose?'

Quote by Don Marquis

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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.

Blood will tell, but often it tells too much.

Blood will tell, but often it tells too much.

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.

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...

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...

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...

In all systems of theology the devil figures as a male person. Yes, it is...

In all systems of theology the devil figures as a male person. Yes, it is...

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

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

I would rather start a family than finish one.

I would rather start a family than finish one.

Did you ever notice that when a politician does get an idea he usually gets...

Did you ever notice that when a politician does get an idea he usually gets...

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...

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.

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....

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...

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...

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

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

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.

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

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

Prohibition makes you want to cry into your beer and denies you the beer to...

Prohibition makes you want to cry into your beer and denies you the beer to...