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Mark Twain: If He Tom...

Mark Twain: If He Tom...

If He Tom Sawyer had been a great and wise philosopher, like the writer of this book, he would now have comprehended...

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Mark Twain: Most writers regard...

Mark Twain: Most writers regard...

Most writers regard truth as their most valuable possession, and therefore are most economical in its...

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Mark Twain: Never put off...

Mark Twain: Never put off...

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do the day after tomorrow.

Source: In...

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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.

Source:...

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Mark Twain: Modesty antedates clothes...

Mark Twain: Modesty antedates clothes...

Modesty antedates clothes and will be resumed when clothes are no more. Modesty died when clothes were born. Modesty...

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Mark Twain: Often, the less...

Mark Twain: Often, the less...

Often, the less there is to justify a traditional custom, the harder it is to get rid of...

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Mark Twain: October. This...

Mark Twain: October. This...

October. This is one of the peculiarly dangerous months to speculate in stocks in. The others are July, January,...

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Mark Twain: People are much...

Mark Twain: People are much...

People are much more willing to lend you books than bookcases.

Source: In The...

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Mark Twain: Persons attempting to...

Mark Twain: Persons attempting to...

Persons attempting to find a motive in this narrative will be prosecuted; persons attempting to find a moral in it...

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Mark Twain: Pessimism is only...

Mark Twain: Pessimism is only...

Pessimism is only the name that men of weak nerve give to wisdom.

Source: In The...

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Mark Twain: The waves most...

Mark Twain: The waves most...

The waves most washed me off the raft sometimes, but I hadn't any clothes on, and didn't...

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Mark Twain: There are many...

Mark Twain: There are many...

There are many humorous things in the world: among them the white man's notion that he is less savage than the other...

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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: We have not...

Mark Twain: We have not...

We have not the reverent feeling for the rainbow that a savage has, because we know how it is made. We have lost as...

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Elias Canetti: When you write...

Elias Canetti: When you write...

When you write down your life, every page should contain something no one has ever heard...

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Aesop: It is not...

Aesop: It is not...

It is not only fine feathers that make fine birds.

Source: Fables, 'The Jay and the...

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Aesop: Men often applaud...

Aesop: Men often applaud...

Men often applaud an imitation and hiss the real thing.

Source: In The Ultimate...

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Elizabeth Bowen: I suppose art...

Elizabeth Bowen: I suppose art...

I suppose art is the only thing that can go on mattering once it has stopped hurting.

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Elizabeth Bowen: If you look...

Elizabeth Bowen: If you look...

If you look at life one way, there is always cause for alarm.

Source: The Death of...

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Harriet Beecher Stowe: These words dropped...

Harriet Beecher Stowe: These words dropped...

These words dropped into my childish mind as if you should accidentally drop a ring into a deep well. I did not think...

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