Quote by Don Marquis
a man thinks he amounts to a great deal but to a flea or a mosquit

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

Other quotes by Don Marquis

prohibition makes you want to cry into your beer and denies you the beer to cry into – Don Marquis

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Drinking
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Bores bore each other too; but it never seems to teach them anything. – Don Marquis

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Bores
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Other Quotes from
Insects
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The mosquito is the state bird of New Jersey. – Andy Warhol

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Insects

Man is the only animal which esteems itself rich in proportion to the number and voracity of its parasites. – George Bernard Shaw

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Insects

Cockroaches really put my “all creatures great and small” creed to the test. – Terri Guillemets

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Insects

As a thinker and planner the ant is the equal of any savage race of men; as a self-educated specialist in several arts she is the superior of any savage race of men; and in one or two high mental qualities she is above the reach of any man, savage or civilized! – Mark Twain

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Insects

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There has been only one Christmas — the rest are anniversaries. – W.J. Cameron

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Teach us that wealth is not elegance, that profusion is not magnificence, that splendor is not beauty. – Benjamin Disraeli

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