When a man tells you that he got rich through hard work, ask him: 'Whose?'
Don Marquis
Donald Robert Perry Marquis was an American humorist, journalist, and author. He was variously a novelist, poet, newspaper columnist, and playwright. He is remembered best for creating the characters Archy and Mehitabel, Archy being a supposed author of humorous verse. During his lifetime he was equally famous for creating another fictitious character, "the Old Soak," who was the subject of two books, a hit Broadway play (1922–23), a silent film (1926) and a talkie (1937).
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Honesty is a good thing, but it is not profitable to its possessor unless it is kept under control.
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The chief obstacle to the progress of the human race is the human race.
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Fishing is a delusion entirely surrounded by liars in old clothes.
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A pessimist is a person who has to listen to too many optimists.
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