http://donmarquis.com/home Just another WordPress site Wed, 20 May 2015 19:17:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.38 http://donmarquis.com/home/2011/10/28/there-is-luxury-in-self-reproach/ http://donmarquis.com/home/2011/10/28/there-is-luxury-in-self-reproach/#comments Fri, 28 Oct 2011 20:52:20 +0000 http://donmarquis.com/?p=912 “There is luxury in self-reproach. When we blame ourselves, we feel no one else has a right to blame us.” — Don Marquis

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]]> http://donmarquis.com/home/2011/10/28/the-humorist-is-a-philosopher/feed/ 0 http://donmarquis.com/home/2011/10/28/the-chief-obstacle-to-the-progress-of-the-human-race/ http://donmarquis.com/home/2011/10/28/the-chief-obstacle-to-the-progress-of-the-human-race/#comments Fri, 28 Oct 2011 20:47:31 +0000 http://donmarquis.com/?p=897 “The chief obstacle to the progress of the human race is the human race.” — Don Marquis

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