He worked like hell in the country so he could live in the city, where he worked like hell so he could live in the country.
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A pessimist is a person who has had to listen to too many optimists.Don Marquis
Fate often puts all the material for happiness and prosperity into a man's hands just to see how miserable he can make himself with them.
Don Marquis
In order to influence a child, one must be careful not to be that child's parent or grandparent.
Don Marquis
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
Science has always been too dignified to invent a good backscratcher.
Don Marquis
I would rather start a family than finish one.
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