Mark Twain quotes - page 17

A man is accepted into a church for what he believes and he is turned out for what he knows. (Mark Twain)
New Year's Day - Now is the accepted time to make your regular annual good resolutions. Next week you can begin paving hell with them as usual. View quote
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Ignorant people think it is the noise which fighting cats make that is so aggravating, but it ain't so it is the sickening grammar that they use. View quote
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Quitting smoking is easy. I've done it a thousand times. View quote
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If you don't like the weather in New England, just wait a few minutes. View quote
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What a good thing Adam had. When he said a good thing he knew nobody had said it before. View quote
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The dog is a gentleman I hope to go to his heaven, not man's. View quote
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Warm summer sun, shine kindly here Warm southern wind, blow softly here Green sod above, lie light, lie light Good night, dear heart, good night, good night. View quote
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When I am king, they shall not have bread and shelter only, but also teachings out of books, for a full belly is little worth where the mind is starved. View quote
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The trouble with the world is not that people know too little, but that they know so many things that ain't so. View quote
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Some people get an eduction without going to college the rest get it after they get out. (Mark Twain)
I have traveled more than anyone else, and I have noticed that even the angels speak English with an accent. View quote
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Give every day the chance to become the most beautiful day of your life. View quote
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Continuous improvement is better than delayed perfection. View quote
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The older I get, the more clearly I remember things that never happened. View quote
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I thoroughly disapprove of duels. If a man should challenge me, I would take him kindly and forgivingly by the hand and lead him to a quiet place and kill him. View quote
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Never learn to do anything if you don't learn, you'll Always find someone else to do it for you. View quote
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The universal brotherhood of man is our most precious possession, what there is of it. View quote
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Truth is more of a stranger than fiction. View quote
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It was enough to make a body ashamed of the human race. View quote
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Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one's lifetime. (Mark Twain)
I asked Tom if countries always apologized when they had done wrong, and he says - Yes the little ones does. View quote
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I wish I could make him understand that a loving good heart is riches enough, and that without it intellect is poverty. View quote
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When a man loves cats, I am his friend and comrade, without further introduction. View quote
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The trouble is not in dying for a friend, but in finding a friend worth dying for. View quote
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