Don Marquis
Don Marquis
Donald Robert Perry Marquiswas a humorist, journalist, and author. He was variously a novelist, poet, newspaper columnist, and playwright. He is remembered best for creating the characters "Archy" and "Mehitabel", supposed authors of humorous verse. During his lifetime he was equally famous for creating another fictitious character, "the Old Soak," who was the subject of two books, a hit Broadway play, a silent movieand a talkie...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth28 July 1878
CountryUnited States of America
There is always a comforting thought in time of trouble when it is not our trouble.
My heart hath followed all my days Something I cannot name.
Some persons are likeable in spite of their unswerving integrity.
Ours is a world where people don't know what they want and are willing to go through hell to get it.
Fate often puts all the material for happiness and prosperity into a man's hands just to see how miserable he can make himself with them.