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Arthur Conan Doyle: Sir Walter, with...

Arthur Conan Doyle: Sir Walter, with...

Sir Walter, with his 61 years of life, although he never wrote a novel until he was over 40, had, fortunately for the...

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Mark Twain: A lie can...

Mark Twain: A lie can...

A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes.

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Mark Twain: Adam was but...

Mark Twain: Adam was but...

Adam was but human - this explains it all. He did not want the apple for the apple's sake, he wanted it only because...

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Mark Twain: Against the assault...

Mark Twain: Against the assault...

Against the assault of laughter nothing can stand.

Source: In The Ultimate Success...

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Mark Twain: Annihilation has no...

Mark Twain: Annihilation has no...

Annihilation has no terrors for me, because I have already tried it before I was born -- a hundred million years --...

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Mark Twain: Fame is a...

Mark Twain: Fame is a...

Fame is a vapor; popularity an accident; the only earthly certainty is oblivion.

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Mark Twain: Hardly a man...

Mark Twain: Hardly a man...

Hardly a man in the world has an opinion upon morals, politics or religion which he got otherwise than through his...

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Mark Twain: History is strewn...

Mark Twain: History is strewn...

History is strewn thick with evidence that a truth is not hard to kill, but a lie, well told, is...

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Mark Twain: Grief can take...

Mark Twain: Grief can take...

Grief can take care of itself, but to get the full value of a joy you must have somebody to divide it...

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Mark Twain: Forget and forgive....

Mark Twain: Forget and forgive....

Forget and forgive. This is not difficult when properly understood. It means forget inconvenient duties, then forgive...

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Mark Twain: I am an...

Mark Twain: I am an...

I am an old man and have known a great many troubles, but most of them never happened.

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Mark Twain: I have not...

Mark Twain: I have not...

I have not a particle of confidence in a man who has no redeeming vices.

Source: In...

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Mark Twain: I could never...

Mark Twain: I could never...

I could never learn to like her, except on a raft at sea with no other provisions in...

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Mark Twain: I was gratified...

Mark Twain: I was gratified...

I was gratified to be able to answer promptly. I said, I don't know.

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Mark Twain: In the real...

Mark Twain: In the real...

In the real world, nothing happens at the right place at the right time. It is the job of journalists and historians...

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Mark Twain: It's not the...

Mark Twain: It's not the...

It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog.

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Mark Twain: If man had...

Mark Twain: If man had...

If man had created man, he would be ashamed of his performance.

Source: In The...

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Mark Twain: Intellectual work is...

Mark Twain: Intellectual work is...

Intellectual work is misnamed; it is a pleasure, a dissipation, and is its own highest...

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G K Chesterton: An adventure is...

G K Chesterton: An adventure is...

An adventure is only an inconvenience rightly considered. An inconvenience is only an adventure wrongly...

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G K Chesterton: The paradox of...

G K Chesterton: The paradox of...

The paradox of courage is that a man must be a little careless of his life even in order to keep...

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