Quote by Don Marquis
Fate often puts all the material for happiness and prosperity into

Fate often puts all the material for happiness and prosperity into a mans hands just to see how miserable he can make himself with them. – Don Marquis

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The goal of all civilization, all religious thought, and all that sort of thing is simply to have a good time. But man gets so solemn over the process that he forgets the end. – Don Marquis

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Of middle age the best that can be said is that a middle-aged person has likely learned how to have a little fun in spite of his troubles. – Don Marquis

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What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity. These are but trifles, to be sure; but, scattered along lifes pathway, the good they do is inconceivable. – Joseph Addison

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If you hope for happiness in the world, hope for it from God, and not from the world. – David Brainerd

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Fancy the happiness of Pinocchio on finding himself free! Without saying yes or no, he fled from the city and set out on the road that was to take him back to the house of the lovely Fairy. – Carlo Collodi

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Holiness, not happiness, is the chief end of man. – Oswald Chambers

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All the world is a laboratory to the inquiring mind. – Martin H. Fischer (1879–1962)

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The man of science has learned to believe in justification, not by faith, but by verification. – Thomas Huxley

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I say I never wanna get married. I feel trapped with the idea of marriage. How can you really be with somebody forever? Id get bored! As I get older, I dont settle. Id rather tell somebody This is what I want – take it or leave it. – Amanda Bynes

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