All Don Marquis Quotes
When a man tells you that he got rich through hard work, ask him: 'Whose?'
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Work
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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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Procrastination is the art of keeping up with yesterday.
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Funny
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Publishing a volume of verse is like dropping a rose petal down the Grand Canyon and waiting for the echo.
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Poetry
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There is luxury in self-reproach. When we blame ourselves, we feel no one else has a right to blame us.
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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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A pessimist is a person who has had to listen to too many optimists.
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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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Writing a book of poetry is like dropping a rose petal down the Grand Canyon and waiting for the echo.
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Successful people are the ones who think up things for the rest of the world to keep busy at.
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Did you ever notice that when a politician does get an idea he usually gets it all wrong.
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Age is not a particularly interesting subject. Anyone can get old. All you have to do is live long enough.
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Age
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The trouble with the public is that there is too much of it; what we need in public is less quantity and more quality.
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