When we remember we are all mad, the mysteries disappear and life stands explained.
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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The right word may be effective, but no word was ever as effective as a rightly timed pause.
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Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society.
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A successful book is not made of what is in it, but what is left out of it.
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The best way to cheer yourself is to try to cheer someone else up.
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I must have a prodigious amount of mind; it takes me as much as a week, sometimes, to make it up!
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Don’t go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first.
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Truth is stranger than fiction, but it is because Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities; Truth isn’t.
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Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it.
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To get the full value of joy you must have someone to divide it with.
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A half-truth is the most cowardly of lies.
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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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It’s better to keep your mouth shut and appear stupid than open it and remove all doubt.
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Books are for people who wish they were somewhere else.
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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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If you tell the truth, you don’t have to remember anything.
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