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His money is twice tainted: taint yours and taint mine.
Mark Twain
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Mark Twain
Age: 74 †
Born: 1835
Born: November 30
Died: 1910
Died: April 21
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Samuel Langhorne Clemens
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The proper office of a friend is to side with you when you are in the wrong. Nearly anybody will side with you when you are in the right.
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The report of my death was an exaggeration.
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Your actions speak so much louder than words.
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How slow and still the time did drag along.
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What a wee little part of a person's life are his acts and his words! His real life is led in his head, and is known to none but himself.
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Why do you sit there looking like an envelope without any address on it?
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Loyalty is a word which has worked vast harm for it has been made to trick men into being loyal to a thousand iniquities, whereas the true loyalty should have been to themselves - in which case there would have ensured a rebellion, and the throwing off of that deceptive yoke.
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