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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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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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Moderation
Persons
Pleasant
Useful
Balance
Problems
Leave
Worry
Universe

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