Author

Don Marquis

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“Age is not a particularly interesting subject. Anyone can get old. All you have to do is live long enough.”— Don Marquis
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“Middle age is the time when a man is always thinking that in a week or two he will feel as good as ever.”— Don Marquis
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“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.”— Don Marquis
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“Procrastination is the art of keeping up with yesterday.”— Don Marquis
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“Punctuality is one of the cardinal business virtues: always insist on it in your subordinates.”— Don Marquis
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“One of the most important things to remember about infant care is: don't change diapers in midstream.”— Don Marquis
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“An optimist is a guy that has never had much experience.”— Don Marquis
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“I would rather start a family than finish one.”— Don Marquis
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“I have often noticed that ancestors never boast of the descendants who boast of ancestors. I would rather start a family than finish one. Blood will tell, but often it tells too much.”— Don Marquis
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“A pessimist is a person who has had to listen to too many optimists.”— Don Marquis
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“Every cloud has its silver lining but it is sometimes a little difficult to get it to the mint.”— Don Marquis
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“Happiness is the interval between periods of unhappiness.”— Don Marquis
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“Fate often puts all the material for happiness and prosperity into a man's hands just to see how miserable he can make himself with them.”— Don Marquis
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“There is nothing so habit-forming as money.”— Don Marquis
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“We pay for the mistakes of our ancestors, and it seems only fair that they should leave us the money to pay with.”— Don Marquis
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“Publishing a volume of verse is like dropping a rose petal down the Grand Canyon and waiting for the echo.”— Don Marquis
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“Writing a book of poetry is like dropping a rose petal down the Grand Canyon and waiting for the echo.”— Don Marquis
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“Poetry is what Milton saw when he went blind.”— Don Marquis
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“When a man tells you that he got rich through hard work, ask him: 'Whose?'”— Don Marquis