An optimist is a guy that has never had much experience.

Don Marquis
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  3. If children were brought into the world by an act of pure reason alone, would the human race continue to exist? Would not a man rather have so much sympathy with the coming generation as to spare it the burden of existence, or at any... - Arthur Schopenhauer

  4. We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars. - Oscar Wilde

  5. You'll never find a rainbow if you're looking down - Charlie Chaplin

More Quotes By Don Marquis
  1. From 'the lesson of the moth':and before i could argue himout of his philosophyhe went and immolated himselfon a patent cigar lighteri do not agree with himmyself i would rather havehalf the happiness and twicethe longevitybut at the same time i wishthere was something i...

  2. A spider and a flyi heard a spiderand a fly arguingwait said the flydo not eat mei serve a great purposein the worldyou will have toshow me said the spideri scurry aroundgutters and sewersand garbage canssaid the fly and gatherup the germs oftyphoid influenzaand pneumonia...

  3. Publishing a book of poetry is like dropping a rose petal down the Grand Canyon and waiting for the echo.

  4. I have had my ups and downsbut wotthehell wotthehellyesterday sceptres and crownsfried oysters and velvet gownsand today i herd with bumsbut wotthehell wotthehelli wake the world from sleepas i caper and sing and leapwhen i sing my wild free tunewotthehell wotthehellunder the blear eyed mooni...

  5. If you want to get rich from writing, write the sort of thing that's read by persons who move their lips when they're reading to themselves.

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