Mark Twain Quotes

A man cannot be comfortable without his own approval.

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A man is never more truthful than when he acknowledges himself a liar.

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A man who carries a cat by the tail learns something he can learn in no other way.

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A man's character may be learned from the adjectives which he habitually uses in conversation.

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A person who won't read has no advantage over one who can't read.

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A person with a new idea is a crank until the idea succeeds.

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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.

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Action speaks louder than words but not nearly as often.

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Against the assault of laughter nothing can stand.

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Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it doesn't matter.

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All generalizations are false, including this one.

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All right, then, I'll go to hell.

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All you need is ignorance and confidence and the success is sure.

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Always do right. This will gratify some people and astonish the rest.

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Anger is an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stored than to anything on which it is poured.

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Any emotion, if it is sincere, is involuntary.

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Apparently there is nothing that cannot happen today.

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As an example to others, and not that I care for moderation myself, it has always been my rule never to smoke when asleep, and never to refrain from smoking when awake.

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Be careful about reading health books. You may die of a misprint.

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Be careless in your dress if you will, but keep a tidy soul.

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Better a broken promise than none at all. 

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Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt. 

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Biographies are but the clothes and buttons of the man. The biography of the man himself cannot be written. 

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But who prays for Satan? Who, in eighteen centuries, has had the common humanity to pray for the one sinner that needed it most? 

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Buy land, they're not making it anymore. 

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By trying we can easily endure adversity. Another man's, I mean. 

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Cauliflower is nothing but cabbage with a college education. 

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Civilization is the limitless multiplication of unnecessary necessities. 

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'Classic.' A book which people praise and don't read. 

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Climate is what we expect, weather is what we get. 

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