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I refused to attend his funeral. But I wrote a very nice letter explaining that I approved of it. (Mark Twain)
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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Prosperity is the surest breeder of insolence I know. View quote
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October. This is one of the peculiarly dangerous months to speculate in stocks. The others are July, January, September, April, November, May, March, June, December, August and February. View quote
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It is better to be a young June Bug than an old Bird of Paradise. View quote
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Loyalty to the country always. Loyalty to the government when it deserves it. View quote
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Work consists of whatever a body is obliged to do. Play consists of whatever a body is not obliged to do. View quote
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Always acknowledge a fault. This will throw those in authority off their guard and give you an opportunity to commit more. View quote
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I have no color prejudices nor caste prejudices nor creed prejudices. All I care to know is that a man is a human being, and that is enough for me he can't be any worse. View quote
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Noise proves nothing. Often a hen who has merely laid an egg cackles as if she laid an asteroid. (Mark Twain)
There are people who strictly deprive themselves of each and every eatable, drinkable, and smokable which has in any way acquired a shady reputation. They pay this price for health. And health is all they get for it. How strange it is. It is like paying out your whole fortune for a cow that has gone dry. View quote
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It's not the size of the dog in the fight; it's the size of the fight in the dog. View quote
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There are many humorous things in the world; among them, the white man's notion that he is less savage than the other savages. View quote
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Censorship is telling a man he can't have a steak just because a baby can't chew it. View quote
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The very ink with which all history is written is merely fluid prejudice. View quote
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An Englishman is a person who does things because they have been done before. An American is a person who does things because they haven't been done before. View quote
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Education that which reveals to the wise, and conceals from the stupid, the vast limits of their knowledge. View quote
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Life does not consist mainly, or even largely, of facts and happenings. It consists mainly of the storm of thought that is forever flowing through one's head. View quote
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There is something fascinating about science. One gets such wholesome returns of conjectures out of such trifling investment of fact. View quote
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Of all the animals, man is the only one that is cruel. He is the only one that inflicts pain for the pleasure of doing it. (Mark Twain)
The holy passion of Friendship is of so sweet and steady and loyal and enduring a nature that it will last through a whole lifetime, if not asked to lend money. View quote
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I am not one of those who in expressing opinions confine themselves to facts. View quote
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Be careless in your dress if you will, but keep a tidy soul. View quote
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Never allow someone to be your priority while allowing yourself to be their option. View quote
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