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