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Don Marquis
Don Marquis
American Poet
Born: Jul 29, 1878
Died: Dec 29, 1937
Age Man Much People Will You
Related authors: Edgar Allan Poe Emily Dickinson Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Maya Angelou Ralph Waldo Emerson Robert Frost T. S. Eliot Walt Whitman
Procrastination is the art of keeping up with yesterday. Don Marquis
Art Procrastination Yesterday Up Keeping
Ideas pull the trigger, but instinct loads the gun. Don Marquis
Gun Trigger Instinct Ideas Loads Pull
Every cloud has its silver lining but it is sometimes a little difficult to get it to the mint. Don Marquis
Funny Sometimes Cloud Difficult Every Mint Silver Lining Get Little
A hypocrite is a person who - but who isn't? Don Marquis
Hypocrite Person Who
Writing a book of poetry is like dropping a rose petal down the Grand Canyon and waiting for the echo. Don Marquis
Waiting Book Writing Rose Down Echo Poetry Dropping Like Grand Grand Canyon Canyon
I would rather start a family than finish one. Don Marquis
Family Would Finish Rather Than Start
Successful people are the ones who think up things for the rest of the world to keep busy at. Don Marquis
People World Rest Busy Think Up Successful Successful People Who Keep Things
Ours is a world where people don't know what they want and are willing to go through hell to get it. Don Marquis
People World Hell Ours Willing Through Know Go Get Where Want
An optimist is a guy that has never had much experience. Don Marquis
Experience Guy Never Had Optimist Much
Some persons are likeable in spite of their unswerving integrity. Don Marquis
Integrity Some Spite Likeable Persons
In all systems of theology the devil figures as a male person. Yes, it is women who keep the church going. Don Marquis
Women Church Devil Systems Male Yes Person Going Theology Who Figures Keep
A sequel is an admission that you've been reduced to imitating yourself. Don Marquis
You Yourself Imitating Admission Reduced Been Sequel
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. Don Marquis
Best Age Spite Troubles Likely Learned Said How His Person Middle Middle Age Middle-Aged Little Fun
Blood will tell, but often it tells too much. Don Marquis
Too Much Will Too Tell Tells Blood Often Much
Honesty is a good thing, but it is not profitable to its possessor unless it is kept under control. Don Marquis
Good Honesty Honesty Is Control Unless Good Thing Thing Profitable Kept
I have often noticed that ancestors never boast of the descendants who boast of ancestors. I would rather start a family than finish one. Blood will tell, but often it tells too much. Don Marquis
Family Too Much Will Too Ancestors Tell Tells Would Finish Rather Never Blood Than Often Boast Much Noticed Who Descendants Start
Age is not a particularly interesting subject. Anyone can get old. All you have to do is live long enough. Don Marquis
You Age Old Long Live Enough Particularly Subject Get Anyone Interesting
There is luxury in self-reproach. When we blame ourselves, we feel no one else has a right to blame us. Don Marquis
Blame Luxury Else Ourselves No-One Feel Us Right
Bores bore each other too; but it never seems to teach them anything. Don Marquis
Too Other Bore Bores Seems Never Anything Them Teach Each
If you want to get rich from writing, write the sort of thing that's read by persons who move their lips when they're reading to themselves. Don Marquis
You Writing Reading Rich Write Read Sort Get Lips Move Want Persons Themselves Who Thing
The art of newspaper paragraphing is to stroke a platitude until it purrs like an epigram. Don Marquis
Art Stroke Like Until Newspaper Epigram

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