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True irreverence is disrespect for another man's god.
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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A better idea than my own is to listen.
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As an example to others, and not that I care for moderation myself, it has always been my rule never to smoke when asleep, and never to refrain from smoking when awake.
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It is best to read the weather forecast before praying for rain.
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Damn these human beings if I had invented them I would go hide my head in a bag.
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To be great, truly great, you have to be the kind of person who makes the others around you great.
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Education: that which reveals to the wise, and conceals from the stupid, the vast limits of their knowledge.
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We never knew an ignorant person yet but was prejudiced.
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Heaven is by favor if it were by merit your dog would go in and you would stay out. Of all the creatures ever made (man) is the most detestable. Of the entire brood, he is the only one... that possesses malice. He is the only creature that inflicts pain for sport, knowing it to be pain.
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Habit is habit and not to be flung out of the window by any man, but coaxed downstairs a step at a time. You cannot eliminate habits that no longer serve you. You can only replace them with new habits that support your goals. Moment by moment, you need to live with awareness and structure the habits that you include or exclude in your days.
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It is hopeless for the occasional visitor to try to keep up with Chicago-she outgrows his prophecies faster than he can make them. She is always a novelty for she is never the Chicago you saw when you passed through the last time.
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Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.
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The humorous story is told gravely the teller does his best to conceal the fact that he even dimly suspects that there is anything funny about it.
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The highest pleasure to be got out of freedom, and having nothing to do, is labor.
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Humor is mankind's greatest blessing.
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There is no character, howsoever good and fine, but it can be destroyed by ridicule, howsoever poor and witless.
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The humorous writer professes to awaken and direct your love, your pity, your kindness--your scorn for untruth, pretension, imposture....He takes upon himself to be the week-day preacher.
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There are some natures which never grow large enough to speak out and say a bad act is a bad act, until they have inquired into the politics or the nationality of the man who did it.
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