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Mark Twain: You try to...

Mark Twain: You try to...

You try to tell me anything about the newspaper business! Sir, I have been through it from Alpha to Omaha, and I tell...

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Mark Twain: Whoever has lived...

Mark Twain: Whoever has lived...

Whoever has lived long enough to find out what life is, knows how deep a debt of gratitude we owe to Adam, the first...

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Mark Twain: The only way...

Mark Twain: The only way...

The only way to keep your health is to eat what you don't want, drink what you don't like, and do what you'd rather...

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Mark Twain: They spell it...

Mark Twain: They spell it...

They spell it Vinci and pronounce it Vinchy; foreigners always spell better than they...

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Mark Twain: Tonight I appear...

Mark Twain: Tonight I appear...

Tonight I appear for the first time before a Boston audience -- 4000 critics.

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Milan Kundera: The only reason...

Milan Kundera: The only reason...

The only reason people want to be masters of the future is to change the past.

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Mark Twain: An ecstasy is...

Mark Twain: An ecstasy is...

An ecstasy is a thing that will not go into words; it feels like music.

Source: The...

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Mark Twain: Take your mind...

Mark Twain: Take your mind...

Take your mind out every now and then and dance on it. It is getting all caked up.

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Mark Twain: The very ink...

Mark Twain: The very ink...

The very ink in which history is written is merely fluid prejudice.

Source:...

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Mark Twain: Good breeding consists...

Mark Twain: Good breeding consists...

Good breeding consists in concealing how much we think of ourselves and how little we think of the other...

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Mark Twain: Be Yourself is...

Mark Twain: Be Yourself is...

Be Yourself is about the worst advice you can give to people.

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-- Mark...

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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: An ethical man...

Mark Twain: An ethical man...

An ethical man is a Christian holding four aces.

Source:
-- Mark Twain, (Nov 30...

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Mark Twain: Apparently there is...

Mark Twain: Apparently there is...

Apparently there is nothing that cannot happen today.

Source:
-- Mark Twain,...

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Mark Twain: All kings is...

Mark Twain: All kings is...

All kings is mostly rapscallions.

Source: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Ch....

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Mark Twain: All scenery in...

Mark Twain: All scenery in...

All scenery in California requires distance to give it its highest charm.

Source:...

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Mark Twain: Biographies are but...

Mark Twain: Biographies are but...

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

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Mark Twain: Conscience takes up...

Mark Twain: Conscience takes up...

Conscience takes up more room than all the rest of a person's insides.

Source:...

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Mark Twain: He has been...

Mark Twain: He has been...

He has been a doctor a year now and has had two patients, no, three, I think -- yes, it was three; I attended their...

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Mark Twain: It is better...

Mark Twain: It is better...

It is better to be a young June Bug than an old Bird of Paradise.

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--...

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