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Mark Twain
Age: 74 †
Born: 1835
Born: November 30
Died: 1910
Died: April 21
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We consider that any man who can fiddle all through one of those Virginia Reels without losing his grip may be depended upon in any kind of musical emergency.
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Tea is an affront to lunch and an insult to dinner.
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Gratitude is a debt which usually goes on accumulating like blackmail the more you pay, the more is exacted.
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From his cradle to his grave a man never does a single thing which has any FIRST AND FOREMOST object but one -- to secure peace of mind, spiritual comfort, for HIMSELF.
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Comedy keeps the heart sweet but we all know that there is wholesome refreshment for both mind and heart in an occasional climb among the pomps of the intellectual snow-summits built by Shakespeare and those others.
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Modesty antedates clothes and will be resumed when clothes are no more.
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Why is it that, among men, physical courage is a trait so plenteous yet moral courage is a trait so rare?
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I have never examined the subject of humor until now. I am surprised to find how much ground it covers. I have got its divisions and frontiers down on a piece of paper. I find it defined as a production of the brain, as the power of the brain to produce something humorous, and the capacity of percieving humor.
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The world has corrected the Bible. The church never corrects it and also never fails to drop in at the tail of the procession-and take the credit of the correction.
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Familiarity breeds contempt. How accurate that is. The reason we hold truth in such respect is because we have so little opportunity to get familiar with it.
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It is so unsatisfactory to read a noble passage and have no one you love at hand to share the happiness with you. And it is unsatisfactory to read to one's self anyhow - for the uttered voice so heightens the expression.
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Wit and Humor - if any difference, it is in duration - lightning and electric light. Same material, apparently but one is vivid, and can do damage - the other fools along and enjoys elaboration.
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The Creator made Italy from designs by Michelangelo.
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God rewards gamblers and fools. The crucial thing, when you win, is knowing which you were.
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[The Bible is] a mass of fables and traditions, mere mythology.
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The law of work seems unfair, but nothing can change it the more enjoyment you get out of your work, the more money you will make.
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I am the entire human race compacted together. I have found that there is no ingredient of the race which I do not possess in either a small way or a large way.
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Always tell the truth then you don't have to remember anything
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We Americans... bear the ark of liberties of the world.
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A person who won't read has no advantage over one who can't read.
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