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Mark Twain
A classic --something...
A classic --something that everybody wants to have read and nobody wants to read.
Man is the...
Man is the only animal that blushes. Or needs to.
Source: Following the Equator,...
The man with...
The man with a new idea is a crank until the idea succeeds.
Source: Following the...
Part of the...
Part of the secret of success in life is to eat what you like and let the food fight it out...
By trying we...
By trying we can easily learn to endure adversity -- another man's I mean.
Source:...
Be careful when...
Be careful when reading health books; you may die of a misprint.
Source: In 1,911...
If you tell...
If you tell the truth you don't have to remember anything.
Source: In 1,911 Best...
Adam was the...
Adam was the only man who, when he said a good thing, knew that nobody had said it before...
Get you facts...
Get you facts first, and then you can distort 'em as much as you please.
Source: In...
All you need...
All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence, and then success is sure.
George Washington, as...
George Washington, as a boy, was ignorant of the commonest accomplishments of youth. He could not even...
It is not...
It is not best that we should all think alike; it is difference of opinion that make...
Indecency, vulgarity, obscenity...
Indecency, vulgarity, obscenity -- these are strictly confined to man; he invented them. Among the higher animals...
It usually takes...
It usually takes me more than three weeks to prepare a good impromptu speech.
Always do right;...
Always do right; this will gratify some people and astonish the rest.
Source: In...
Never learn to...
Never learn to do anything; if you don't learn, you'll always find someone else to do it for...
Warm summer sun,...
Warm summer sun, shine kindly here;
Warm southern wind, blow softly here;
Green sod above, lie light, lie light...
Name the greatest...
Name the greatest of all the inventors. Accident.
Source: Notebook, 1935.
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The difference between...
The difference between the almost right word and the right word is really a large matter -- 'tis the difference...
Except a creature...
Except a creature be part coward it is not a compliment to say it is brave; it is merely a loose application of the...