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George Eliot: Opposition may become...

George Eliot: Opposition may become...

Opposition may become sweet to a man when he has christened it persecution.

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Mark Twain: To stop smoking...

Mark Twain: To stop smoking...

To stop smoking is the easiest thing I ever did. I ought to know; I've done it a thousand...

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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: Whem I'm playful...

Mark Twain: Whem I'm playful...

Whem I'm playful I use the meridians and parallels of latitude for a seine, and drag the Atlantic Ocean for whales! I...

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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: 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 have made...

Mark Twain: I have made...

I have made it a rule never to smoke more than one cigar at a time.

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Mark Twain: The gentle reader...

Mark Twain: The gentle reader...

The gentle reader will never, never know what a consummate ass he can become, until he goes...

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Mark Twain: My mother had...

Mark Twain: My mother had...

My mother had a great deal of trouble with me, but I think she enjoyed it.

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Mark Twain: No real gentleman...

Mark Twain: No real gentleman...

No real gentleman will tell the naked truth in the presence of ladies.

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Mark Twain: Out of the...

Mark Twain: Out of the...

Out of the unconscious lips of babes and sucklings are we satirized.

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Mark Twain: The banging and...

Mark Twain: The banging and...

The banging and slamming and booming and crashing were something beyond belief.

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George Eliot: Human beings must...

George Eliot: Human beings must...

Human beings must have action; and they will make it if they cannot find it.

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George Eliot: No great deed...

George Eliot: No great deed...

No great deed is done by falterers who ask for certainty.

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George Eliot: Human beliefs, like...

George Eliot: Human beliefs, like...

Human beliefs, like all other natural growths, elude the barrier of systems.

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George Eliot: Anger and jealousy...

George Eliot: Anger and jealousy...

Anger and jealousy can no more bear to lose sight of their objects than love.

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Mark Twain: Thrusting my nose...

Mark Twain: Thrusting my nose...

Thrusting my nose firmly between his teeth, I threw him heavily to the ground on top of...

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Mark Twain: To succeed in...

Mark Twain: To succeed in...

To succeed in the other trades, capacity must be shown; in the law, concealment of it will...

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Mark Twain: There isn't a...

Mark Twain: There isn't a...

There isn't a single human characteristic that can be safely labeled as American.

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