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It is curious that physical courage should be so common in the world and moral courage so rare.

Mark Twain

The trouble is not in dying for a friend, but in finding a friend worth dying for.
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Die Friendship Trouble Worth
Wrinkles should merely indicate where the smiles have been.
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Age Birthday Indicate One Liner Smile Wrinkle
I haven’t any right to criticize books, and I don’t do it except when I hate them.
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Book Criticize Except Hate
It is curious that physical courage should be so common in the world and moral courage so rare.
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Brace Character Courage Curious Moral Physical World
In a good bookroom you feel in some mysterious way that you are absorbing the wisdom contained in all the books through your skin, without even opening them.
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Absorb Book Goodness Mystery Room Skin Wisdom
Obscurity and a competence – that is the life that is best worth living.
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Complete Happiness Inspirational Life Live One Liner Wisdom Worth
Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.
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Ambition Dreamss Greatness Hurt People Try
There are many humorous things in the world; among them, the white man’s notion that he is less savage than the other savages.
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Humour Man Savage World
It’s easier to fool people than to convince them that they have been fooled.
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Convince Fools People Reality
There is a charm about the forbidden that makes it unspeakably desirable.
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Charm Desire Forbidden Speak
Never argue with a fool, onlookers may not be able to tell the difference.
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Argument Difference Excuse Fools
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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Finding Honesty Man
Giving up smoking is the easiest thing in the world. I know because I’ve done it thousands of times.
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Give Up Human Nature Humour Smoking Time World
In the first place God made idiots. This was for practice. Then he made school boards.
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Education God Humour Idiot Practice School
What is Man? Man is a noisome bacillus whom Our Heavenly Father created because he was disappointed in the monkey.
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Create Disappointment Father Heaven Humour Man Monkey
Patriotism is supporting your country all the time and your government when it deserves it.
MARK TWAIN

Country Deserve Government Help Patriotism Support

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