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Mark Twain: There ain't no...

Mark Twain: There ain't no...

There ain't no way to find out why a snorer can't hear himself snore.

Source: Tom...

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Mark Twain: There are two...

Mark Twain: There are two...

There are two times in a man's life when he should not speculate: when he can't afford it, and when he...

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Mark Twain: There is nothing...

Mark Twain: There is nothing...

There is nothing the matter with this, except that it ain't so.

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-- Mark...

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Mark Twain: We are all...

Mark Twain: We are all...

We are all alike, on the inside.

Source:
-- Mark Twain, (Nov 30 1835-1910), US...

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Mark Twain: To be busy...

Mark Twain: To be busy...

To be busy is man's only happiness.

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-- Mark Twain, (Nov 30 1835-1910),...

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Mark Twain: We like a...

Mark Twain: We like a...

We like a man to come right out and say what he thinks, if we agree with him.

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Mark Twain: Wit, by itself,...

Mark Twain: Wit, by itself,...

Wit, by itself, is of little account. It becomes a moment only when grounded on wisdom.

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Mark Twain: Words in haste...

Mark Twain: Words in haste...

Words in haste do friendships waste.

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-- Mark Twain, (Nov 30 1835-1910),...

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: No one has...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: No one has...

No one has a prosperity so high and firm that two or three words can't dishearten it.

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William Shakespeare: How long a...

William Shakespeare: How long a...

How long a time lies in one little word!

Source: Richard II, I. iii. (213).
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William Shakespeare: How far that...

William Shakespeare: How far that...

How far that little candle throws his beams!
So shines a good deed in a naughty world.


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William Shakespeare: The silence often...

William Shakespeare: The silence often...

The silence often of pure innocence
Persuades when speaking fails.


Source: The...

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Oscar Wilde: One's real life...

Oscar Wilde: One's real life...

One's real life is so often the life that one does not lead.

Source: Rose-Leaf and...

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Oscar Wilde: As for the...

Oscar Wilde: As for the...

As for the virtuous poor, one can pity them, of course, but one cannot possibly admire...

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Oscar Wilde: I have nothing...

Oscar Wilde: I have nothing...

I have nothing to declare except my genius.

Source: Comment, 3 Jan 1882, at the New...

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Oscar Wilde: Health - silliest...

Oscar Wilde: Health - silliest...

Health - silliest word in our language, and one knows well the popular idea of health the English country gentleman...

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Oscar Wilde: From the point...

Oscar Wilde: From the point...

From the point of view of literature Mr. Kipling is a genius who drops his aspirates. From the point of view of life,...

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Oscar Wilde: What is mind...

Oscar Wilde: What is mind...

What is mind but motion in the intellectual sphere?

Source: Gilbert, in The Critic...

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Oscar Wilde: Every portrait that...

Oscar Wilde: Every portrait that...

Every portrait that is painted with feeling is a portrait of the artist, not of the...

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Oscar Wilde: Anybody can write...

Oscar Wilde: Anybody can write...

Anybody can write a three-volume novel. It merely requires a complete ignorance of both life and...

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