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Man cannot be uplifted he must be seduced into virtue

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Don Marquis
Age: 59 †
Born: 1878
Born: July 29
Died: 1937
Died: December 29
Author
Humorist
Journalist
Poet
Screenwriter
Writer
Illinois
USA
Donald Robert Perry Marquis
Men
Uplifted
Seduced
Virtue
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Cannot
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There is always a comforting thought in time of trouble when it is not our trouble.
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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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Life is one damned kitten after another. Mehitabel the Alley Cat
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Honesty is a good thing, but it is not profitable to its possessor unless it is kept under control.
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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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It is a cheering thought to think that God is on the side of the best digestion.
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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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Vibrations are the key to everything. Atoms used to be, but atoms have quite gone out.
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