A great many people who spend ...

A great many people who spend their time mourning over the brevity of life could make it seem longer if they did a little more work.
A great many people who spend their time mourning over the brevity of life could make it seem longer if they did a little more work.
 Don Marquis

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 John Shelby Spong
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Ideas pull the trigger, but instinct loads the gun.
 Don Marquis
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
Of middle age the best that can be said is that a middle aged person has likely learned how to have a little fun in spite of his troubles.
 Don Marquis
From 'the lesson of the moth': and before i could argue him out of his philosophy he went and immolated himself on a patent cigar lighter i do not agree with him myself i would rather have half the happiness and twice the longevity but at the same time i wish there was something i wanted as badly as he wanted to fry himself
 Don Marquis
Too many creatures both insects and humans estimate their own value by the amount of minor irritation they are able to cause to greater personalities than themselves.
 Don Marquis