You want to know whether I believe in ghosts? Of course I do not believe in them. If you had known as many of them as I have, you would not believe in them either. Don Marquis More Quotes by Don Marquis More Quotes From Don Marquis No form of government matters nearly as much as the spirit and intelligence brought to the administration of any form of government. Don Marquis administration government matter For him who fain would teach the world The world holds hate in fee- For Socrates, the hemlock cup; For Christ, Gethsemane. Don Marquis fate hate world My heart hath followed all my days Something I cannot name. Don Marquis my-heart names heart 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 mourning work people As the skull of the man grows broader, so do his creeds. And his gods they are shaped in his image and mirror his needs. And he clothes them with thunders and beauty, He clothes them with music and fire, Seeing not, as he bows by their altars, That he worships his own desire. Don Marquis clothes skulls men Poetry is what Milton saw when he went blind. Don Marquis saws blind poetry A little while with grief and laughter, And then the day will close; The shadows gather ... what comes after No man knows. Don Marquis laughter grief death Old godheads sink in space and drown Their arks like foundered galleons sucked down. Don Marquis ark atheism space I love you as New Englanders love pie! Don Marquis pie love-you love 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 patents wish philosophy what man calls civilizationalways results in desertsman is never on the squarehe uses up the fat and greenery of the eartheach generation wastes a little moreof the future with greed and lust for riches Don Marquis greed lust men Most of the people living in New York have come here from the far to try to make enough money to go back to the farm Don Marquis new-york trying people A certain alloy of expediency improves the gold of morality and makes it wear all the longer. Don Marquis morality certain gold It would be a colorless world if each individual did not secretly believe himself superior to almost everyone else. Don Marquis ego would-be believe An old stomach reforms more whiskey drinkers than a new resolve. Don Marquis stomach whiskey reform For all of the creeds are false, and all of the creeds are true; And low at the shrines where my brothers bow, there will I bow too; For no form of a god, and no fashion Man has made in his desperate passion, But is worthy some worship of mine; Not too hot with a gross belief, Nor yet too cold with pride, I will bow me down where my brothers bow, Humble, but open eyed. Don Marquis passion fashion brother i have had my ups and downs but wotthehell wotthehell yesterday sceptres and crowns fried oysters and velvet gowns and today i herd with bums but wotthehell wotthehell i wake the world from sleep as i caper and sing and leap when i sing my wild free tune wotthehell wotthehell under the blear eyed moon i am pelted with cast off shoon but wotthehell wotthehell Don Marquis oysters moon sleep What man calls civilization always results in deserts. Don Marquis desert men civilization I would rather start a family than finish one. Don Marquis starting-a-family pumpkin family Life is one damned kitten after another." Mehitabel the Alley Cat Don Marquis kitten cat life-is
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