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Quote by Don Marquis

“It would be a colorless world if each individual did not secretly believe himself superior to almost everyone else.”

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Don Marquis, an American humorist, was born on July 29, 1878, and died on December 29, 1937. He is known for his witty short stories and column articles, with his most famous work being the 'Archy and Mehitabel' series. more

“What created democracy was Thomas Paine and Shays Rebellion, the suffragists and the abolitionists and on down through the populists and the labor movement, including the Wobblies. Tough, in your face people... Mother Jones, Woody Guthrie... Martin Luther King and Caesar Chavez. And now it’s down to us.”

People Faces Mother Democracy Movement Kings Tough Labor Including Rebellion Your Face Luther Woody Populist Abolitionist Labor Movement Paine Chavez Shay Suffragists

Author:Jim Hightower

“Too many creatures both insects and humans estimate their own value by the amount of minor irritation they are able to cause to greater personalities than themselves.”

Humans Able Values Causes Greater Personality Amount Creatures Minors Insects Irritation

Author:Don Marquis

“Life's too damn funny for me to explain.”

Life Damn

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“There was once a Hindu sage, who sat down on the banks of the Ganges and thought for seventy years about the millennium. Just as he arrived at the solution and was putting it into verse, a mosquito stung him and he forgot it again at once.”

Years Solutions Sat Little Things Verses Sage Seventies Millennium Mosquitoes

Author:Don Marquis

“I suppose the human race is doing the best it can but hells bells thats only an explanation its not an excuse.”

Humans Race Hell Mankind Excuse Human Race Explanation Bells

Book:Archy does his part

Source: Archy does his part

“Poetry is what Milton saw when he went blind.”

Poetry Saws Blind Poetry Is Milton

Author:Don Marquis

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