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Quotes by Don Marquis

Publishing a volume of verse is like dropping a rose petal down the Grand Canyon and waiting for the echo.

Don Marquis (1878 - 1937)
 
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If you make people think they're thinking, they'll love you; But if you really make them think, they'll hate you.

Don Marquis (1878 - 1937)
 
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"Censors are necessary, increasingly necessary, if America is to avoid having a vital literature."

Don Marquis (1878 - 1937)
Source: "Prefaces"
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If you make people think they're thinking, they'll love you; but if you really make them think, they'll hate you.

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There is bound to be a certain amount of trouble running any country. If you are president, the trouble happens to you. But if you are a tyrant you can arrange things so that most of the trouble happens to other people.

Don Marquis (1878 - 1937)
 
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There is nothing so habit forming as money.

Don Marquis (1878 - 1937)
 
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It is a cheering thought to think that God is on the side of the best digestion.

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There is always a comforting thought in time of trouble when it is not our trouble.

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I have noticed that when chickens quit quarreling over their food, they often find that there is enough for all of them. I wonder if it might not be the same with the human race.

Don Marquis (1878 - 1937)
 
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Publishing a volume of verse is like dropping a rose petal down the Grand Canyon and waiting for the echo.

Don Marquis (1878 - 1937)
 
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