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

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About Don Marquis

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Donald Robert Perry Marquis ( MAR-kwis; July 29, 1878 – December 29, 1937) 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...

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Pity the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.

Honesty is a good thing, but it is not profitable to its possessor unless it is kept under control.

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If you make people think they're thinking, they'll love you; But if you really make them think, they'll hate you.

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

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

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There is only one class in the community that thinks more about money than the rich, and that is the poor. The poor can think of nothing else.

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The poor have sometimes objected to being governed badly; the rich have always objected to being governed at all.

—G. K. Chesterton

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To be content with little is hard; to be content with much, impossible.

—Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

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My problem lies in reconciling my gross habits with my net income.

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We can have democracy in this country or we can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we cannot have both.

—Louis D. Brandeis

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