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

Other quotes by Don Marquis

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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I have often noticed that ancestors never boast of the descendants who boast of ancestors. I would rather start a family than finish one. Blood will tell, but often it tells too much. – Don Marquis

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Family
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Other Quotes from
Happiness
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The secret of happiness is the determination to be happy always, rather than wait for outer circumstances to make one happy. – J. Donald Walters

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Some pursue happiness, others create it. – Author Unknown

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Happiness

A sure way to lose happiness, I found, is to want it at the expense of everything else. – Bette Davis

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Happiness

Happiness is like a sunbeam, which the least shadow intercepts, while adversity is often as the rain of spring. – Chinese Proverb

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Happiness

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I was on leave from local and regional politics, as long as I was a Minister. – Emma Bonino

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How strange to use “You only live once” as an excuse to throw it away. – Bill Copeland

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Middle age is when your broad mind and narrow waist begin to change places. – E. Joseph Cossman

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