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Fate often puts all the material for happiness and prosperity into a man's hands just to see how miserable he can make himself with them.

~Don Marquis

Topics: Fate Hands Happiness He Himself How Just Make Man Material Miserable Often Prosperity Puts See Them

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Blood will tell, but often it tells too much.

~Don Marquis

Topics: Blood Much Often Tell Tells Too Too Much Will

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Bores bore each other too; but it never seems to teach them anything.

~Don Marquis

Topics: Anything Bore Bores Each Never Other Seems Teach Them Too

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I would rather start a family than finish one.

~Don Marquis

Topics: Family Finish Rather Start Than Would

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Happiness is the interval between periods of unhappiness.

~Don Marquis

Topics: Between Happiness Interval Periods Unhappiness

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Did you ever notice that when a politician does get an idea he usually gets it all wrong.

~Don Marquis

Topics: Did Does Ever Get Gets He Idea Notice Politician Wrong You

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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.

~Don Marquis

Topics: Age Best Fun His How Learned Likely Little Middle Middle Age Middle-Aged Person Said Spite Troubles

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Ours is a world where people don't know what they want and are willing to go through hell to get it.

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Topics: Get Go Hell Know Ours People Through Want Where Willing World

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If you want to get rich from writing, write the sort of thing that's read by persons who move their lips when they're reading to themselves.

~Don Marquis

Topics: Get Lips Move Persons Read Reading Rich Sort Themselves Thing Want Who Write Writing You

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There is nothing so habit-forming as money.

~Don Marquis

Topics: Money Nothing

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Poet

Born: July 29th, 1878

Died: December 29th, 1937

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