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It’s better to keep your mouth shut and appear stupid than open it and remove all doubt.
Mark TwainMark Twain Let us live so that when we come to die even the undertaker will be sorry.
Mark TwainMark Twain Name the greatest of all inventors. Accident.
Mark TwainMark Twain The human race has only one really effective weapon and that is laughter.
Mark TwainMark Twain The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why.
Mark TwainMark Twain The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.
Mark TwainMark Twain Action speaks louder than words but not nearly as often.
Mark TwainMark Twain Out of all the things I have lost, I miss my mind the most.
Mark TwainMark Twain 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.
Mark TwainMark Twain When we remember we are all mad, the mysteries disappear and life stands explained.
Mark TwainMark Twain Get your facts first, and then you can distort them as much as you please.
Mark TwainMark Twain It is curious that physical courage should be so common in the world and moral courage so rare.
Mark TwainMark Twain Always acknowledge a fault. This will throw those in authority off their guard and give you an opportunity to commit more.
Mark TwainMark Twain It is curious that physical courage should be so common in the world and moral courage so rare.
Mark TwainMark Twain Always acknowledge a fault. This will throw those in authority off their guard and give you an opportunity to commit more.
Mark TwainMark Twain All right, then, I’ll go to hell.
Mark TwainMark Twain
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AristotleAristotle Shame is a tool of oppression and dehumanization. I don’t believe shame will ever be an effective social just tool.
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Bill GatesBill Gates The business schools reward difficult complex behavior more than simple behavior, but simple behavior is more effective.
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