Truth is stranger than fiction, but it is because Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities; Truth isn’t.
MARK TWAINBooks are for people who wish they were somewhere else.
More Mark Twain Quotes
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I did not attend his funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it.
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In 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.
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Politicians and diapers must be changed often, and for the same reason.
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It takes your enemy and your friend, working together, to hurt you to the heart: the one to slander you and the other to get the news to you.
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All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence; then success is sure.
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When we remember we are all mad, the mysteries disappear and life stands explained.
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I’ve lived through some terrible things in my life, some of which actually happened.
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The man who does not read has no advantage over the man who cannot read.
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If voting made any difference they wouldn’t let us do it.
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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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Sanity and happiness are an impossible combination.
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There was never yet an uninteresting life. Such a thing is an impossibility. Inside of the dullest exterior there is a drama, a comedy, and a tragedy.
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The most interesting information come from children, for they tell all they know and then stop.
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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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Never argue with a fool, onlookers may not be able to tell the difference.
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