Don Marquis

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

"Ideas pull the trigger, but instinct loads the gun. "

"If you make people think they're thinking, they'll love you But if you really make them think, they'll hate you. "

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

"Pity the meek, for they shall inherit the earth. "

"Procrastination is the art of keeping up with yesterday. "

"Publishing a volume of verse is like dropping a rose petal down the Grand Canyon and waiting for the echo. "

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