Mark Twain quotes - page 42

The gentle reader will never, never know what a consummate ass he can become, until he goes abroad. (Mark Twain)
The poetry is all in the anticipation, for there is none in reality. View quote
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Moralists and philosophers have adjudged those who throw temptation in the way of the erring, equally guilty with those who are thereby led into evil. View quote
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If there was two birds sitting on a fence, he would bet you which one would fly first. View quote
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Circumstances make man, not man circumstances. View quote
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The man who is ostentatious of his modesty is twin to the statue that wears a fig-leaf. View quote
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A baby is an angel whose wings decrease as his legs increase. View quote
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It isn't safe to sit in judgment upon another person's illusion when you are not on the inside. While you are thinking it is a dream, he may be knowing it is a planet. View quote
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As a thinker and planner the ant is the equal of any savage race of men as a self-educated specialist in several arts she is the superior of any savage race of men and in one or two high mental qualities she is above the reach of any man . . . View quote
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Out of the unconscious lips of babes and sucklings are we satirized. View quote
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Let me make the superstitions of a nation and I care not who makes its laws or its songs either. (Mark Twain)
The fact is, the king was a good deal more than a king, he was a man; and when a man is a man, you can't knock it out of him. View quote
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The time to begin writing an article is when you have finished it to your satisfaction. By that time you begin to clearly and logically perceive what it is you really want to say. View quote
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There is no salvation for us but to adopt Civilization and lift ourselves down to its level. View quote
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No one has ever seen a Republican mass meeting that was devoid of the perception of the ludicrous. View quote
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Eternal rest sounds comforting in the pulpit well, you try it once, and see how heavy time will hang on your hands. View quote
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It is the will of God that we must have critics and missionaries and congressmen and humorists, and we must bear the burden. View quote
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His money is twice tainted 'taint yours and 'taint mine. View quote
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He does not care for flowers. Calls them rubbish, and cannot tell one from another, and thinks it is superior to feel like that. View quote
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Women cannot receive even the most palpably judicious suggestion without arguing it, that is, married women. View quote
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I've come loaded with statistics, for I've noticed that a man can't prove anything without statistics. (Mark Twain)
It is discouraging to try and penetrate a mind like yours. You ought to get it out and dance on it. That would take some of the rigidity out of it. View quote
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Christianity will doubtless still survive in the earth ten centuries hence - stuffed and in a museum. View quote
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I never felt so fervently thankful, so soothed, so tranquil, so filled with the blessed peace, as I did yesterday when I learned that Michael Angelo was dead. View quote
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A healthy and wholesome cheerfulness is not necessarily impossible to any occupation. View quote
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