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There is always a comforting thought in time of trouble when it is not our trouble.

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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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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 a cheering thought to think that God is on the side of the best digestion.
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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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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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You want to know whether I believe in ghosts? Of course I do not believe in them. If you had known as many of them as I have, you would not believe in them either.
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Persian pussy from over the sea demure and lazy and smug and fat none of your ribbons and bells for me ours is the zest of the alley cat
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Yes, he's got all them different kinds of thoroughbred blood in him, and he's got other kinds you ain't mentioned and that you ain't slick enough to see.
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Man cannot be uplifted he must be seduced into virtue
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A little while with grief and laughter, And then the day will close The shadows gather ... what comes after No man knows.
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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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Blood will tell, but often it tells too much.
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An idea isn't responsible for the people who believe in it.
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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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A fierce unrest seethes at the core, of all existing things:, it was the eager wish to soar, that gave the gods their wings.
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Poetry is what Milton saw when he went blind.
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Nearly every night before I go to bed I ask myself, Have I vibrated in tune with the Infinite today, or have I failed?
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Life is one damned kitten after another. Mehitabel the Alley Cat
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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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A pessimist is a person who has had to listen to too many optimists.
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Every cloud has its silver lining but it is sometimes a little difficult to get it to the mint.
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