Donald R. Perry Marquis Quotes

The leagued might of trivial things, Wars with the soul that dream and sings.

Man’s feet have grown so big that he forgets his littleness.

There are three kinds of limericks; limericks to be told when ladies are present; limericks to be told when ladies are absent but clergymen are present – and limericks.

Publishing a volume of verse is like dropping a rose-petal down the Grand Canyon and waiting for the echo.

Poetry is what Milton saw when he went blind.

Publishing a volume of verse is like dropping a rose petal down the Grand Canyon and waiting for the echo.

Pity the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.

The more conscious a philosopher is of the weak spots of his theory, the more certain he is to speak with an air of final authority.

A pessimist is a person who has had to listen to too many optimists.

Some persons are likable in spite of their unswerving integrity.