Don Marquis

The trouble with the public is that there is too much of it; what we need in public is less quantity and more quality. ↗

— Don Marquis

#more #much #need #public #quality

A pessimist is a person who has had to listen to too many optimists. ↗

— Don Marquis

#had #listen #many #optimists #person

There is nothing so habit-forming as money. ↗

— Don Marquis

#nothing

We pay for the mistakes of our ancestors, and it seems only fair that they should leave us the money to pay with. ↗

— Don Marquis

#fair #leave #mistakes #money #only

There is luxury in self-reproach. When we blame ourselves, we feel no one else has a right to blame us. ↗

— Don Marquis

#else #feel #luxury #ourselves #right

Procrastination is the art of keeping up with yesterday. ↗

— Don Marquis

#art #keeping #procrastination #up #yesterday

When a man tells you that he got rich through hard work, ask him: 'Whose?' ↗

— Don Marquis

#ask #got #hard #hard work #him

Publishing a volume of verse is like dropping a rose petal down the Grand Canyon and waiting for the echo. ↗

— Don Marquis

#canyon #down #dropping #echo #grand

A hypocrite is a person who - but who isn't? ↗

— Don Marquis

#person #who