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It takes all sorts of people to make the underworld.

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Don Marquis
Age: 59 †
Born: 1878
Born: July 29
Died: 1937
Died: December 29
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Donald Robert Perry Marquis
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Poetry is what Milton saw when he went blind.
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As the skull of the man grows broader, so do his creeds. And his gods they are shaped in his image and mirror his needs. And he clothes them with thunders and beauty, He clothes them with music and fire, Seeing not, as he bows by their altars, That he worships his own desire.
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Old godheads sink in space and drown Their arks like foundered galleons sucked down.
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In order to influence a child, one must be careful not to be that child's parent or grandparent.
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The trouble with the public is that there is too much of it what we need in public is less quantity and more quality.
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It is a cheering thought to think that God is on the side of the best digestion.
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An optimist is a guy that has never had much experience.
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fire is beautiful and we know that if we get too close it will kill us but what does that matter it is better to be happy for a moment and be burned up with beauty than to live a long time and be bored all the while
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Man cannot be uplifted he must be seduced into virtue
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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.
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Most of the people living in New York have come here from the far to try to make enough money to go back to the farm
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There is bound to be a certain amount of trouble running any country. If you are president, the trouble happens to you. But if you are a tyrant you can arrange things so that most of the trouble happens to other people.
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The most pleasant and useful persons are those who leave some of the problems of the universe for God to worry about.
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It would be a colorless world if each individual did not secretly believe himself superior to almost everyone else.
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If a child shows himself incorrigible, he should be decently and quietly beheaded at the age of twelve, lest he grow to maturity, marry, and perpetuate his kind.
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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.
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Too many creatures both insects and humans estimate their own value by the amount of minor irritation they are able to cause to greater personalities than themselves.
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it is better to be a part of beauty for one instant and then cease to exist than to exist forever and never be a part of beauty
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An idea isn't responsible for the people who believe in it.
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I would rather start a family than finish one.
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