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Work consists of whatever a body is obliged to do. Play consists of whatever a body is not obliged to do.
Mark Twain
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Mark Twain
Age: 74 †
Born: 1835
Born: November 30
Died: 1910
Died: April 21
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Man is the only animal that is cruel. It kills just for the sake of it.
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His money is twice tainted: taint yours and taint mine.
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Are you so unobservant as not to have found out that sanity and happiness are an impossible combination?
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If everyone was satisfied with himself, there would be no heroes.
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Of the delights of this world man cares most for sexual intercourse.
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Knowledge becomes wisdom only after it has been put to good use.
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