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Poetry is what Milton saw when he went blind.

Writing a book of poetry is like dropping a rose petal down the Grand Canyon and waiting for the echo.

There is nothing so habit-forming as money.

Of middle age the best that can be said is that a middle-aged person has likely learned how to have a little fun in spite of his troubles.

A demagogue is a person with whom we disagree as to which gang should mismanage the country.

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

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

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

Some persons are likeable in spite of their unswerving integrity.

In order to influence a child, one must be careful not to be that child's parent or grandparent.