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An optimist is a guy that has never had much experience.

Don Marquis

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Don Marquis
Age: 59 †
Born: 1878
Born: July 29
Died: 1937
Died: December 29
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Journalist
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Illinois
USA
Donald Robert Perry Marquis
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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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Many a man spanks his children for things his own father should have spanked out of him.
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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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Every cloud has its silver lining but it is sometimes a little difficult to get it to the mint.
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Middle age is the time when a man is always thinking that in a week or two he will feel as good as ever.
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One of the most important things to remember about infant care is: don't change diapers in midstream.
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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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The things that I can't have I want, And what I have seems second-rate, The things I want to do I can't, And what I have to do I hate.
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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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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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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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It takes all sorts of people to make the underworld.
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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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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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