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G K Chesterton: A turkey is...

G K Chesterton: A turkey is...

A turkey is more occult and awful than all the angels and archangels. In so far as God has partly revealed to us an...

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G K Chesterton: The artistic temperament...

G K Chesterton: The artistic temperament...

The artistic temperament is a disease that affects amateurs. . . . Artists of a large and wholesome vitality get rid...

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G K Chesterton: To be simple...

G K Chesterton: To be simple...

To be simple is the best thing in the world; to be modest is the next best thing. I am not sure about being...

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Douglas Coupland: Cloning is great....

Douglas Coupland: Cloning is great....

Cloning is great. If God made the original, then making copies should be fine.

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Italo Calvino: When politicians and...

Italo Calvino: When politicians and...

When politicians and politically minded people pay too much attention to literature, it is a bad sign -- a bad sign...

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Frederick Douglass: We have to...

Frederick Douglass: We have to...

We have to do with the past only as we can make it useful to the present and the future.

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Annie Dillard: You can't test...

Annie Dillard: You can't test...

You can't test courage cautiously.

Source: Pilgrim at Tinker Creek, ch. 6,...

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Mark Twain: A group of...

Mark Twain: A group of...

A group of men in evening clothes looks like a flock of crows, and is just about as...

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Mark Twain: Each person is...

Mark Twain: Each person is...

Each person is born to one possession which out values all his others -- his last breath.

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Mark Twain: By common consent...

Mark Twain: By common consent...

By common consent of all the nations and all the ages the most valuable thing in this world is the homage of men,...

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Mark Twain: Education is the...

Mark Twain: Education is the...

Education is the path from cocky ignorance to miserable uncertainty.

Source: In The...

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Mark Twain: Good friends, good...

Mark Twain: Good friends, good...

Good friends, good books, and a sleepy conscience; this is the ideal life.

Source:...

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Mark Twain: He had had...

Mark Twain: He had had...

He had had much experience of physicians, and said, the only way to keep your health is to eat what you don't want,...

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Mark Twain: Human pride is...

Mark Twain: Human pride is...

Human pride is not worthwhile; there is always something lying in wait to take the wind out of...

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Mark Twain: He liked to...

Mark Twain: He liked to...

He liked to like people, therefore people liked him.

Source: In The Ultimate...

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Mark Twain: I did not...

Mark Twain: I did not...

I did not attend his funeral; but I wrote a nice letter saying I approved of it.

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Mark Twain: I don't know...

Mark Twain: I don't know...

I don't know of a single foreign product that enters this country untaxed, except the answer to...

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Mark Twain: I have been...

Mark Twain: I have been...

I have been complimented many times and they always embarrass me; I always feel that they have not said...

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Mark Twain: I find that...

Mark Twain: I find that...

I find that the further I go back, the better things, whether they happened or not.

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Mark Twain: I was born...

Mark Twain: I was born...

I was born excited.

Source: When asked the reason for his success.
-- Mark...

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