Quote#World
Men talk of money and industry
Quote byDon Marquis · 1878–1937
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: what the ants are saying.
English (original)
men talk of money and industry of hard times and recoveries of finance and economics but the ants wait and the scorpions wait for while men talk they are making deserts all the time getting the world ready for the conquering ant drought and erosion and desert because men cannot learn
— Don Marquis
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