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title: "4 Margaret Fishback Quotes - Famous Poet"
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# Margaret Fishback

(1900–1985)   Poet

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Margaret Fishback was a poet.

## Quick Facts About Margaret Fishback

Born March 10, 1900

Died September 25, 1985

Profession Poet

## About Margaret Fishback

American writer... \| Margaret Fishback, later Margaret Fishback Antolini, was an American poet and prose author from the late 1920s until the 1960s. During the 1930s, she was reputed to be the highest-paid female advertising copywriter in the world.

##  Quotes by Margaret Fishback

> [To be polite to everybody except the people they love most is a nervous affectation that afflicts many families ... when they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-fishback/to-be-polite-to-everybody-except-the-people-they-love-most-is-a/)

[Margaret Fishback](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-fishback/)

[Coming home](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/coming-home/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c54/margaret-fishback-68868_coming-home_to-be-polite-to-everybody-except-the-peo_6327.jpg)

> [My precious child, I love you and will never leave you Never, ever, during your trials and testings. When you saw only…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-fishback/my-precious-child-i-love-you-and-will-never-leave-you-never-ever/)

[Margaret Fishback](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-fishback/)

[Children](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/children/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ce1/margaret-fishback-68868_children_my-precious-child-i-love-you-and-will-ne_925698.jpg)

> [Fashion makes the fur fly.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-fishback/fashion-makes-the-fur-fly/)

[Margaret Fishback](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-fishback/)

[Fashion](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/fashion/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/979/margaret-fishback-68868_fashion_fashion-makes-the-fur-fly-1402892_1402892.jpg)

> [“Sometimes I wish that I were dead As dead can be, but then again At times when I've been nicely fed On…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-fishback/sometimes-i-wish-that-i-were-dead-as-dead-can-be-but-then-again-at/)

[MARGARET FISHBACK](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-fishback/)

[Cyanide](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cyanide/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b89/margaret-fishback-68868_cyanide_sometimes-i-wish-that-i-were-dead-as-dea_2460355.jpg)

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