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.
MARK TWAINPart of the secret of success in life is to eat what you like and let the food fight it out inside.
More Mark Twain Quotes
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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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Man is the only animal that blushes. Or needs to.
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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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Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to reform.
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A clear conscience is the sure sign of a bad memory.
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It is curious that physical courage should be so common in the world and moral courage so rare.
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A successful book is not made of what is in it, but what is left out of it.
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It’s better to keep your mouth shut and appear stupid than open it and remove all doubt.
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When we remember we are all mad, the mysteries disappear and life stands explained.
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The more I learn about people, the more I like my dog.
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The worst loneliness is to not be comfortable with yourself.
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You can’t depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus.
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I’ve had a lot of worries in my life, most of which never happened.
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Education consists mainly of what we have unlearned.
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The human race has only one really effective weapon and that is laughter.
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