American - Poet | July 29, 1878 - December 29, 1937
Middle age is the time when a man is always thinking that in a week or two he will feel as good as ever.
Don Marquis
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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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Pity the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.
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Blood will tell, but often it tells too much.
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Bores bore each other too; but it never seems to teach them anything.
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I would rather start a family than finish one.
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Happiness is the interval between periods of unhappiness.
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In order to influence a child, one must be careful not to be that child's parent or grandparent.
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Poetry is what Milton saw when he went blind.
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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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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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Honesty is a good thing, but it is not profitable to its possessor unless it is kept under control.
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