It is better to deserve honors and not have them than to have them and not deserve them.
MARK TWAINAlways do what is right. It will gratify half of mankind and astound the other.
More Mark Twain Quotes
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Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience.
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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.
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April 1. This is the day upon which we are reminded of what we are on the other three hundred and sixty-four.
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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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When you fish for love, bait with your heart, not your brain.
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I have never let my schooling interfere with my education.
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Obscurity and a competence – that is the life that is best worth living.
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Never allow someone to be your priority while allowing yourself to be their option.
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Any emotion, if it is sincere, is involuntary.
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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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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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The secret to getting ahead is getting started.
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It’s easier to fool people than to convince them that they have been fooled.
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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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Man is the only animal that blushes. Or needs to.
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