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He worked like hell in the country so he could live in the city, where he worked like hell so he could live in the country.

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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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Happiness is the interval between periods of unhappiness.
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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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