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The 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.
The 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.
Approximate author period: c. 1907 AD · modern
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- Don Marquis
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- Approximate author period: c. 1907 AD · modern
Approximate author-period evidence for Don Marquis: life dates 1878 to 1937. Wikidata Q321378, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q321378 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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