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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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Don Marquis
Age: 59 †
Born: 1878
Born: July 29
Died: 1937
Died: December 29
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Humorist
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Illinois
USA
Donald Robert Perry Marquis
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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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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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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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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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