Philosophy Quote by Don Marquis — Inspiring Words on Life, Love & Wisdom

“and before i could argue him”

“i have had my ups and downs”

“Publishing a book of poetry is like dropping a rose petal down the Grand Canyon and waiting for the echo.”

“I do not know what the heart of a rascal may be, but I know what is in the heart of an honest man; it is horrible.”

“To acknowledge the need of a new world-view would undermine the whole of their activity, and not many thinkers were willing to pay that price. Particularly not in a society where social exclusion meant rapid transportation to the proudest invention of the humanist sciences: the mental hospital.”

“I man is a prisoner of only his own mind.”

“A novel is never anything but a philosophy expressed in images. And in a good novel the philosophy has disappeared into the images.”

“It is when those who are not strong enough have made some moderate amount of progress that they fail and give up...”

“The debate was wearing me out. Once you've posed that question, it won't go away. I think many people kill themselves simply to stop the debate about whether they will or they won't. Anything I thought or did was immediately drawn into the debate. Made a stupid remark—why not kill myself? Missed the bus—better put an end to it all. Even the good got in there. I liked that movie—maybe I shouldn’t kill myself.”