Quote by Don Marquis
Ideas pull the trigger, but instinct loads the gun. - Don Marquis

Ideas pull the trigger, but instinct loads the gun. – Don Marquis

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Age is not a particularly interesting subject. Anyone can get old. All you have to do is live long enough. – Don Marquis

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We pay for the mistakes of our ancestors, and it seems only fair that they should leave us the money to pay with. – Don Marquis

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The most pleasant and useful persons are those who leave some of the problems of the universe for God to worry about. – Don Marquis

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It is the rooted instinct in men to admire what is better and more beautiful than themselves. – James Russell Lowell

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Instinct. When the house burns one forgets even lunch. Yes, but one eats it later in the ashes. – Friedrich Nietzsche

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What is peculiar in the life of a man consists not in his obedience, but his opposition, to his instincts. In one direction or another he strives to live a supernatural life. – Henry David Thoreau

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A few strong instincts and a few plain rules suffice us. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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