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Quotes by Don Marquis

  • Man cannot be uplifted he must be seduced into virtue.
  • Publishing a volume of verse is like dropping a rose petal down the Grand Canyon and waiting for the echo.
  • Ideas pull the trigger, but instinct loads the gun.
  • When a man tells you that he got rich through hard work, ask him 'Whose'
  • Honesty is a good thing, but it is not profitable to its possessor unless it is kept under control.
  • A hypocrite is a person who--but who isn't
  • Procrastination is the art of keeping up with yesterday.
  • Pity the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.
  • The chief obstacle to the progress of the human race is the human race.
  • If you make people think they're thinking, they'll love you But if you really make them think, they'll hate you.