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Frederick Douglass: A gentleman will...

Frederick Douglass: A gentleman will...

A gentleman will not insult me, and no man not a gentleman can insult me.

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Pearl Buck: Self-expression must pass...

Pearl Buck: Self-expression must pass...

Self-expression must pass into communication for its fulfillment.

Source: The...

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Jerome K Jerome: Mere bald fabrication...

Jerome K Jerome: Mere bald fabrication...

Mere bald fabrication is useless; the veriest tyro [fisherman] can manage that. It is in the circumstantial detail,...

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Aesop: Appearances are often...

Aesop: Appearances are often...

Appearances are often deceiving.

Source: 'The Wolf in Sheep's Clothing'
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Mark Twain: We owe a...

Mark Twain: We owe a...

We owe a deep debt of gratitude to Adam, the first great benefactor of the human race: he brought death into the...

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Mark Twain: Fiction is obliged...

Mark Twain: Fiction is obliged...

Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities. Truth isn't.

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Mark Twain: He liked to...

Mark Twain: He liked to...

He liked to like people, therefore people liked him.

Source: In The Ultimate...

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Mark Twain: I don't know...

Mark Twain: I don't know...

I don't know of a single foreign product that enters this country untaxed, except the answer to...

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Mark Twain: I have never...

Mark Twain: I have never...

I have never taken any exercise except sleeping and resting.

Source: In The...

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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.

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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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