01UndatedThe goal of all civilization all religious thought and all that sort of thing is simply to have a good time. But man gets so solemn over the process that he forgets the end.Don Marquis / quote ↗
03UndatedHappiness comes fleetingly now and then To those who have learned to do without it And to them only.Don Marquis / quote ↗
06UndatedPublishing a volume of verse is like dropping a rose-petal down the Grand Canyon and waiting for the echo.Don Marquis / quote ↗
07UndatedThe successful people are the ones who think up things for the rest of the world to keep busy at.Don Marquis / quote ↗
08UndatedFate 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 / quote ↗
09UndatedPunctuality is one of the cardinal business virtues: always insist on it in your subordinates.Don Marquis / quote ↗
10UndatedOf 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 / quote ↗
11UndatedMiddle age is the time when a man is always thinking that in a week or two he will feel as good as ever.Don Marquis / quote ↗
12UndatedAge is not a particularly interesting subject. Anyone can get old. All you have to do is live long enough.Don Marquis / quote ↗
16UndatedEvery cloud has its silver lining but it is sometimes a little difficult to get it to the mint.Don Marquis / quote ↗
18UndatedWriting a book of poetry is like dropping a rose petal down the Grand Canyon and waiting for the echo.Don Marquis / quote ↗
