Don Marquis

It takes all sorts of people to make the underworld. ↗

— Don Marquis

#people #sorts #takes #underworld

Man cannot be uplifted; he must be seduced into virtue. ↗

— Don Marquis

#into #man #must #seduced #uplifted

Middle 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

#always #ever #feel #good #man

One of the most important things to remember about infant care is: don't change diapers in midstream. ↗

— Don Marquis

#care #change #diapers #important #important things

Ours is a world where people don't know what they want and are willing to go through hell to get it. ↗

— Don Marquis

#go #hell #know #ours #people

Pity the meek, for they shall inherit the earth. ↗

— Don Marquis

#inherit #meek #pity #shall

Poetry is what Milton saw when he went blind. ↗

— Don Marquis

#milton #poetry #saw #went

Successful people are the ones who think up things for the rest of the world to keep busy at. ↗

— Don Marquis

#keep #ones #people #rest #successful

The art of newspaper paragraphing is to stroke a platitude until it purrs like an epigram. ↗

— Don Marquis

#epigram #like #newspaper #platitude #stroke

The chief obstacle to the progress of the human race is the human race. ↗

— Don Marquis

#human #human race #obstacle #progress #race