Creative Quotations from . . .
Don Marquis
(1878-1937) born on Jul 29
US "journalist, poet, dramatist, humorist". "He was a popular columnist of N.Y. "Sun" and "Tribune," and wrote "The Old Soak," 1921."
 
   
F
Bores bore each other too; but it never seems to teach them anything.

R
Fishing is a delusion entirely surrounded by liars in old clothes.
A
A sequel is an admission that you've been reduced to imitating yourself.
N
every cloud
has its silver
lining but it is
sometimes a little
difficult to get it to
the mint
K
"If you want to get rich from writing, write the sort of thing that's read by persons who move their lips when they're reading to themselves."


Published Sources for the above Quotations:
F: "In E. Anthony, The Rare Don Marquis, ch. 11, 1962."
R: The New York Sun
A: "In "Correct Quotes for DOS," WordStar International, 1991."
N: "archy and mehitabel, "certain maxims of archy" (1927)."
K: "In "Webster's Electronic Quotebase," ed. Keith Mohler, 1994."



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