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> [I once heard the survivors of a colony of ants that had been partially obliterated by a cow's foot seriously debating the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/don-marquis/i-once-heard-the-survivors-of-a-colony-of-ants-that-had-been/)

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> [It wont be long now it wont be long man is making deserts of the earth it wont be long now before…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/don-marquis/it-wont-be-long-now-it-wont-be-long-man-is-making-deserts-of-the/)

[Don Marquis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/don-marquis/)

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> [“it wont be long now it wont be long man is making deserts of the earth it wont be long now before…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/don-marquis/it-wont-be-long-now-it-wont-be-long-man-is-making-deserts-of-the-2/)

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## More by Don Marquis

> [We pay for the mistakes of our ancestors, and it seems only fair that they should leave us the money to pay with.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/don-marquis/we-pay-for-the-mistakes-of-our-ancestors-and-it-seems-only-fair-that/)

[Don Marquis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/don-marquis/)

> [A certain alloy of expediency improves the gold of morality and makes it wear all the longer.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/don-marquis/a-certain-alloy-of-expediency-improves-the-gold-of-morality-and-makes/)

[Don Marquis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/don-marquis/)

> [In all systems of theology the devil figures as a male person. Yes, it is women who keep the church going.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/don-marquis/in-all-systems-of-theology-the-devil-figures-as-a-male-person-yes-it/)

[Don Marquis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/don-marquis/)

> [“How often when they find a sage As sweet as Socrates or Plato They hand him hemlock for his wage Or bake him like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/don-marquis/how-often-when-they-find-a-sage-as-sweet-as-socrates-or-plato-they/)

[Don Marquis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/don-marquis/)

> [Man cannot be uplifted; he must be seduced into virtue.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/don-marquis/man-cannot-be-uplifted-he-must-be-seduced-into-virtue/)

[Don Marquis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/don-marquis/)

> [An optimist is the person who has never had any experience at all.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/don-marquis/an-optimist-is-the-person-who-has-never-had-any-experience-at-all/)

[Don Marquis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/don-marquis/)

> [For all of the creeds are false, and all of the creeds are true; And low at the shrines where my brothers bow, there…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/don-marquis/for-all-of-the-creeds-are-false-and-all-of-the-creeds-are-true-and/)

[Don Marquis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/don-marquis/)

> [“Vibrations are the key to everything. Atoms used to be, but atoms have quite gone out.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/don-marquis/vibrations-are-the-key-to-everything-atoms-used-to-be-but-atoms-have/)

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> [Honesty is a good thing, but it is not profitable to its possessor unless it is kept under control.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/don-marquis/honesty-is-a-good-thing-but-it-is-not-profitable-to-its-possessor/)

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> [I once heard the survivors of a colony of ants that had been partially obliterated by a cow's foot seriously debating the intention of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/don-marquis/i-once-heard-the-survivors-of-a-colony-of-ants-that-had-been/)

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> [He worked like hell in the country so he could live in the city, where he worked like hell so he could live in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/don-marquis/he-worked-like-hell-in-the-country-so-he-could-live-in-the-city-where/)

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> [An old stomach reforms more whiskey drinkers than a new resolve.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/don-marquis/an-old-stomach-reforms-more-whiskey-drinkers-than-a-new-resolve/)

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> [Did you ever notice that when a politician does get an idea he usually gets it all wrong.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/don-marquis/did-you-ever-notice-that-when-a-politician-does-get-an-idea-he/)

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> [Poetry is what Milton saw when he went blind.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/don-marquis/poetry-is-what-milton-saw-when-he-went-blind/)

[Don Marquis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/don-marquis/)

> [Blood will tell, but often it tells too much.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/don-marquis/blood-will-tell-but-often-it-tells-too-much/)

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