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Ralph Waldo Emerson: When a man...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: When a man...

When a man meets his make, society begins.

Source: In Webster's Electronic...

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: What is the...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: What is the...

What is the hardest thing in the world? To think.

Source: In The Ultimate Success...

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: Who can. ....

Ralph Waldo Emerson: Who can. ....

Who can. . . guess how much industry and providence and affection we have caught from the pantomime of...

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: You cannot do...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: You cannot do...

You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late.

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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 arrive at...

Mark Twain: To arrive at...

To arrive at a just estimate of a renowned man's character one must judge it by the standards of his time, not...

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Mark Twain: There are times...

Mark Twain: There are times...

There are times when one would like to hang the whole human race, and finish the farce.

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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 is no...

Mark Twain: There is no...

There is no use in walking five miles to fish when you can depend on being just as unsuccessful near...

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Mark Twain: Work and play...

Mark Twain: Work and play...

Work and play are words used to describe the same thing under differing conditions.

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Mark Twain: I don't give...

Mark Twain: I don't give...

I don't give a damn for man that can spell a word only one way.

Source: In The...

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Mark Twain: Let us so...

Mark Twain: Let us so...

Let us so live that when we come to die even the undertaker will be sorry.

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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: Man is the...

Mark Twain: Man is the...

Man is the master of the unspoken word, which spoken, is master of him.

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Mark Twain: One learns people...

Mark Twain: One learns people...

One learns people through the heart, not the eyes or the intellect.

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Mark Twain: Rail-splitting produced an...

Mark Twain: Rail-splitting produced an...

Rail-splitting produced an unparalleled president in Lincoln. But gold hasn't produced even a good A-1...

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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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George Eliot: The reward of...

George Eliot: The reward of...

The reward of one duty is the power to fulfill another.

Source: Moredecai, in...

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Winston Churchill: War is a...

Winston Churchill: War is a...

War is a game that is played with a smile. If you can't smile, grin. If you can't grin, keep out of the way till you...

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Winston Churchill: We make a...

Winston Churchill: We make a...

We make a living by what we get. We make a life by what we give.

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