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We have not the reverent feeling for the rainbow that a savage has, because we know how it is made. We have lost as much as we gained by prying into that matter. (Mark Twain)
Adam and Eve had many advantages, but the principal one was that they escaped teething. View quote
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A round man cannot be expected to fit in a square hole right away. He must have time to modify his shape. View quote
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Laws are sand, customs are rock. Laws can be evaded and punishment escaped, but an openly transgressed custom brings sure punishment. View quote
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Principles have no real force except when one is well-fed. View quote
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Soap and education are not as sudden as a massacre, but they are more deadly in the long run. View quote
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Man will do many things to get himself loved, he will do all things to get himself envied. View quote
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Biographies are but the clothes and buttons of the man. The biography of the man himself cannot be written. View quote
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It is just like man's vanity and impertinence to call an animal dumb because it is dumb to his dull perceptions. View quote
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He is now rising from affluence to poverty. View quote
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When I was younger, I could remember anything, whether it had happened or not. (Mark Twain)
Part of the secret of a success in life is to eat what you like and let the food fight it out inside. View quote
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The first of April is the day we remember what we are the other 364 days of the year. View quote
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Only one thing is impossible for God: To find any sense in any copyright law on the planet. View quote
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The fact that man knows right from wrong proves his intellectual superiority to other creatures but the fact that he can do wrong proves his moral inferiority to any creature that cannot. View quote
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It is best to read the weather forecast before praying for rain. View quote
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I have made it a rule never to smoke more than one cigar at a time. View quote
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Half of the results of a good intentions are evil; half the results of an evil intention are good. View quote
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What is the difference between a taxidermist and a tax collector? The taxidermist takes only your skin. View quote
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Humor must not professedly teach and it must not professedly preach, but it must do both if it would live forever. View quote
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It is easier to stay out than get out. (Mark Twain)
I don't give a damn for man that can spell a word only one way. View quote
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I refused to attend his funeral. But I wrote a very nice letter explaining that I approved of it. View quote
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There are several good protections against temptation, but the surest is cowardice. View quote
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The first half of life consists of the capacity to enjoy without the chance the last half consists of the chance without the capacity. View quote
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