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Don Marquis Facts
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Donald Robert Perry Marquis was a humorist, journalist, and author. He was variously a novelist, poet, newspaper columnist, and playwright. He is remembered best for creating the characters "Archy" and "Mehitabel", supposed authors of humorous verse. During his lifetime he was equally famous for creating another fictitious character, "the Old Soak," who was the subject of two books, a hit Broadway play, a silent movie and a talkie. (1878 – 1937) |
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Quotes by Don Marquis
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Honesty is a good thing, but it is not profitable to its possessor unless it is kept under control.
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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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Ours is a world where people don't know what they want and are willing to go through hell to get it.
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When a man tells you that he got rich through hard work, ask him: 'Whose?'
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