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Blood will tell, but often it tells too much.

Don Marquis

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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
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Blood
Often
Tell
Much

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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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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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A sequel is an admission that you've been reduced to imitating yourself.
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Life is one damned kitten after another. Mehitabel the Alley Cat
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I once heard the survivors of a colony of ants that had been partially obliterated by a cow's foot seriously debating the intention of the gods towards their civilization.
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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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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 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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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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Happiness is the interval between periods of unhappiness.
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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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An optimist is a guy that has never had much experience.
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personally my ambition is to get my time as a cockroach shortened for good behavior and be promoted to a revenue officer it is not much of a step up but i am humble
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I would rather start a family than finish one.
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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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When you can't have anything else, you can have virtue.
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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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Honesty is a good thing, but it is not profitable to its possessor unless it is kept under control.
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