Any emotion, if it is sincere, is involuntary.
MARK TWAINIn the beginning of a change the patriot is a scarce man, and brave, and hated and scorned. When his cause succeeds, the timid join him, for then it costs nothing to be a patriot.
More Mark Twain Quotes
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There’s one way to find out if a man is honest: ask him; if he says yes, you know he’s crooked.
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The easy confidence with which I know another man’s religion is folly teaches me to suspect that my own is also.
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Heaven goes by favor. If it went by merit, you would stay out and your dog would go in.
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Always acknowledge a fault. This will throw those in authority off their guard and give you an opportunity to commit more.
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Part of the secret of success in life is to eat what you like and let the food fight it out inside.
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I have found out that there ain’t no surer way to find out whether you like people or hate them than to travel with them.
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The secret to getting ahead is getting started.
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The trouble is not in dying for a friend, but in finding a friend worth dying for.
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You can’t depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus.
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It is curious that physical courage should be so common in the world and moral courage so rare.
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Always do what is right. It will gratify half of mankind and astound the other.
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My books are water; those of the great geniuses is wine. Everybody drinks water.
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Out of all the things I have lost, I miss my mind the most.
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I did not attend his funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it.
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Books are for people who wish they were somewhere else.
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