Tag: Mark Twain
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What, sir, would the people of the earth be without woman? They would be scarce, sir, almighty scarce.
Mark Twain
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Truth is stranger than fiction, but it is because Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities; Truth isn’t.
Mark Twain
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There are several good protections against temptation, but the surest is cowardice.
Mark Twain
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To refuse awards is another way of accepting them with more noise than is normal.
Mark Twain
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All generalizations are false, including this one.
Mark Twain
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It is better to take what does not belong to you than to let it lie around neglected.
Mark Twain
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In the first place, God made idiots. That was for practice. Then he made school boards.
Mark Twain
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If man could be crossed with the cat it would improve man, but deteriorate the cat.
Mark Twain
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It is my belief that nearly any invented quotation, played with confidence, stands a good chance to deceive.
Mark Twain
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I make it a rule never to smoke while I’m sleeping.
Mark Twain