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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Did you ever notice that when a politician does get an idea he usually gets it all wrong.
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A pessimist is a person who has had to listen to too many optimists.
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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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Punctuality is one of the cardinal business virtues: always insist on it in your subordinates.
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Business
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An idea isn't responsible for the people who believe in it.
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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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Some persons are likeable in spite of their unswerving integrity.
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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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Successful people are the ones who think up things for the rest of the world to keep busy at.
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