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(1769—1821)

If you want to get on in this world, make many promises, but don't keep them.

(1902—1971)

U.S. light poet

Progress might have been all right once, but it's gone one too long.

(1902—1971)

U.S. poet

A family is a unit composed not only of children but of men, women, an occasional animal, and the common cold.

(1902—1971)

U.S. poet

Children aren't happy without something to ignore, And that's what parents were created for.

(1902—1971)

U.S. poet

I prefer to forget both pairs of glasses and pass my declining years saluting strange women and grandfather clocks.

(1902—1971)

U.S. poet

If called by a panther, don't anther.

(1902—1971)

U.S. poet

Middle age is when you have met so many people that every new person you meet reminds you of someone else and usually is.

(1902—1971), "Frailty, Thy Name Is A Misnomer," Good Intentions

Women would rather be right than be reasonable.

(1902—1971), Will Consider Situation

People who work sitting down get paid more than people who work standing up.

U.S. poet, in "The Parent," Happy Days, 1933

Children aren't happy without something to ignore, and that's what parents were created for.