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Mark Twain: To eat in...

Mark Twain: To eat in...

To eat in human. To digest divine.

Source: In 1,911 Best Things Anybody Ever Said,...

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Mark Twain: We are discreet...

Mark Twain: We are discreet...

We are discreet sheep; we wait to see how the drove is going, and then go with the drove.

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Mark Twain: Who is this...

Mark Twain: Who is this...

Who is this Renaissance? Where did he come from? Who gave him permission to cram the Republic with his execrable...

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Mark Twain: Where a blood...

Mark Twain: Where a blood...

Where a blood relation sobs, an intimate friend should choke up, a distant acquaintance should sigh, a stranger should...

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Mark Twain: I am admonished...

Mark Twain: I am admonished...

I am admonished in many ways that time is pushing me inexorably along. I am approaching the threshold of age; in 1977...

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Mark Twain: Accident is the...

Mark Twain: Accident is the...

Accident is the name of the greatest of all inventors.

Source: In The Ultimate...

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Mark Twain: Are you going...

Mark Twain: Are you going...

Are you going to hang him anyhow - and try him afterward?

Source: Innocents at...

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Mark Twain: Fortune knocks at...

Mark Twain: Fortune knocks at...

Fortune knocks at every man's door once in a life, but in a good many cases the man is in a neighboring saloon and...

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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 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: I would rather...

Mark Twain: I would rather...

I would rather have my ignorance than another man's knowledge, because I have so much of...

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Mark Twain: I would like...

Mark Twain: I would like...

I would like to live in Manchester, England. The transition between Manchester and death would be...

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Mark Twain: It is a...

Mark Twain: It is a...

It is a mistake that there is no bath that will cure people's manners, but drowning would...

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Mark Twain: Temperate temperance is...

Mark Twain: Temperate temperance is...

Temperate temperance is best; intemperate temperance injures the cause of temperance.

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Mark Twain: The Christian's Bible...

Mark Twain: The Christian's Bible...

The Christian's Bible is a drug store. Its contents remain the same, but the medical practice...

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Mark Twain: A baby is...

Mark Twain: A baby is...

A baby is an inestimable blessing and bother.

Source: Letter to Annie Webster, 1...

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Mark Twain: By law of...

Mark Twain: By law of...

By law of periodical repetition, everything which has happened once must happen again and again -- and not...

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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: 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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Mark Twain: Martyrdom covers a...

Mark Twain: Martyrdom covers a...

Martyrdom covers a multitude of sins.

Source: Notebook, ch. 33, entry for 23 May...

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