Don Marquis's Quotes

Don Marquis's Quotes 19

When a man tells you that he got rich through hard work ask him: 'Whose?'

Poetry is what Milton saw when he went blind.

Writing a book of poetry is like dropping a rose petal down the Grand Canyon...

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Publishing a volume of verse is like dropping a rose petal down the Grand...

We pay for the mistakes of our ancestors and it seems only fair that they...

There is nothing so habit-forming as money.

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Fate often puts all the material for happiness and prosperity into a man's...

Happiness is the interval between periods of unhappiness.

Every cloud has its silver lining but it is sometimes a little difficult to...

A pessimist is a person who has had to listen to too many optimists.

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I have often noticed that ancestors never boast of the descendants who boast...

I would rather start a family than finish one.

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

One of the most important things to remember about infant care is: don't...

Punctuality is one of the cardinal business virtues: always insist on it in...

Procrastination is the art of keeping up with yesterday.

Of middle age the best that can be said is that a middle-aged person has...

Middle age is the time when a man is always thinking that in a week or two he...

Age is not a particularly interesting subject. Anyone can get old. All you...