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Quote by Don Marquis
The chief obstacle to the progress of the human race is the human

The chief obstacle to the progress of the human race is the human race. – Don Marquis

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a man thinks he amounts to a great deal but to a flea or a mosquito a human being is merely something good to eat – Don Marquis

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Insects
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Publishing a volume of verse is like dropping a rose-petal down the Grand Canyon and waiting for the echo. – Don Marquis

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Poetry
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Writing a book of poetry is like dropping a rose petal down the Grand Canyon and waiting for the echo. – Don Marquis

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Man will do many things to get himself loved; he will do all things to get himself envied. – Mark Twain, Following the Equator, 1897

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Why was man created on the last day? So that he can be told, when pride possesses him: God created the gnat before thee. – The Talmud

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Humankind

The reason why the world lacks unity, and lies broken and in heaps, is, because man is disunited with himself. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Humankind

Man desired concord; but nature knows better what is good for his species; she desires discord. Man wants to live easy and content; but nature compels him to leave ease… and throw himself into roils and labors. – Immanuel Kant, Idea for a Universal History with a Cosmopolitan Purpose, 1787

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It is in Virginia and Georgia that the war now rages and where it will continue for at these points – Richmond and Atlanta – the enemys main strength is concentrated. – Knute Nelson

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Remember, the storm is a good opportunity for the pine and the cypress to show their strength and their stability. – Ho Chi Minh

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I know some people will be surprised to hear it, but Ive found that my music, whether its blues or rock, or whatever you want to call it, can be channeled into a positive direction that actually helps people. – Rick Derringer

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