Mark Twain quotes - page 4

It could probably be shown by facts and figures that there is no distinctly native American criminal class except Congress. (Mark Twain)
I do not fear death. I had been dead for billions and billions of years before I was born, and had not suffered the slightest inconvenience from it. View quote
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There are basically two types of people. People who accomplish things, and people who claim to have accomplished things. The first group is less crowded. View quote
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Humor is the great thing, the saving thing. The minute it crops up, all our irritation and resentments slip away, and a sunny spirit takes their place. View quote
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I am opposed to millionaires, but it would be dangerous to offer me the position. View quote
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I have been through some terrible things in my life, some of which actually happened. View quote
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Barring that natural expression of villainy which we all have, the man looked honest enough. View quote
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It is better to deserve honors and not have them than to have them and not deserve them. View quote
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It was wonderful to find America, but it would have been more wonderful to miss it. View quote
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The right word may be effective, but no word was ever as effective as a rightly timed pause. View quote
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When we remember we are all mad, the mysteries disappear and life stands explained. (Mark Twain)
The rule is perfect: in all matters of opinion our adversaries are insane. View quote
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Few things are harder to put up with than the annoyance of a good example. View quote
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Training is everything. The peach was once a bitter almond; cauliflower is nothing but cabbage with a college education. View quote
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Never tell the truth to people who are not worthy of it. View quote
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Truth is stranger than fiction, but it is because Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities; Truth isn't. View quote
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I must have a prodigious quantity of mind; it takes me as much as a week sometimes to make it up. View quote
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Education consists mainly in what we have unlearned. View quote
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Thunder is good, thunder is impressive; but it is lightning that does the work. View quote
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Often it does seem a pity that Noah and his party did not miss the boat. View quote
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Civilization is a limitless multiplication of unnecessary necessaries. (Mark Twain)
A man is never more truthful than when he acknowledges himself a liar. View quote
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Man was made at the end of the week's work when God was tired. View quote
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Loyalty to petrified opinion never broke a chain or freed a human soul. View quote
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Necessity is the mother of taking chances. View quote
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