If animals could speak, the dog would be a blundering outspoken fellow; but the cat would have the rare grace of never saying a word too much.
MARK TWAINThe right word may be effective, but no word was ever as effective as a rightly timed pause.
More Mark Twain Quotes
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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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Never allow someone to be your priority while allowing yourself to be their option.
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The best way to cheer yourself is to try to cheer someone else up.
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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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The secret to getting ahead is getting started.
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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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It’s easier to fool people than to convince them that they have been fooled.
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I have never let my schooling interfere with my education.
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I haven’t any right to criticize books, and I don’t do it except when I hate them.
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Books are for people who wish they were somewhere else.
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Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society.
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The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.
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The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why.
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Giving up smoking is the easiest thing in the world. I know because I’ve done it thousands of times.
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Education consists mainly of what we have unlearned.
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