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“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.”

Quote by Don Marquis

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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

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

Author:Don Marquis

“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.”

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

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Book:Archy does his part

Source: Archy does his part

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

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“Many a man spanks his children for things his own father should have spanked out of him.”

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Book:Archy and Mehitabel

Source: Archy and Mehitabel

“When you can't have anything else, you can have virtue.”

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“A great many people who spend their time mourning over the brevity of life could make it seem longer if they did a little more work.”

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Book:Archy does his part

Source: Archy does his part

“what man calls civilizationalways results in desertsman is never on the squarehe uses up the fat and greenery of the eartheach generation wastes a little moreof the future with greed and lust for riches”

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Book:The lives and times of Archy and Mehitabel

Source: The lives and times of Archy and Mehitabel

“Between the years of ninety-two and a hundred and two, however, we shall be the ribald, useless, drunken, outcast person we have always wished to be. We shall have a long white beard and long white hair; we shall not walk at all, but recline in a wheel chair and bellow for alcoholic beverages; in the winter we shall sit before the fire with our feet in a bucket of hot water, a decanter of corn whiskey near at hand, and write ribald songs against organized society... We look forward to a disreputable, vigorous, unhonoured, and disorderly old age.”

“This is the age of bargain hunters. If it had been this way in biblical times, we'd probably have been offered another commandment free if we had accepted the first ten.”

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