Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear – not absence of fear.
MARK TWAINIf you don’t read the newspaper, you’re uninformed. If you read the newspaper, you’re mis-informed.
More Mark Twain Quotes
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I didn’t have time to write a short letter, so I wrote a long one instead.
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A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes.
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The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.
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Truth is stranger than fiction, but it is because Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities; Truth isn’t.
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Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to reform.
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Never allow someone to be your priority while allowing yourself to be their option.
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You can’t depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus.
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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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Of all the animals, man is the only one that is cruel. He is the only one that inflicts pain for the pleasure of doing it.
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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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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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Giving up smoking is the easiest thing in the world. I know because I’ve done it thousands of times.
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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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Man is the only animal that blushes. Or needs to.
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Always do what is right. It will gratify half of mankind and astound the other.
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Get your facts first, and then you can distort them as much as you please.
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When angry, count four. When very angry, swear.
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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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The most interesting information come from children, for they tell all they know and then stop.
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The trouble is not in dying for a friend, but in finding a friend worth dying for.
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All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence; then success is sure.
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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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Classic – a book which people praise and don’t read.
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If Christ were here there is one thing he would not be – a Christian.
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A banker is a fellow who lends you his umbrella when the sun is shining, but wants it back the minute it begins to rain.
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Books are for people who wish they were somewhere else.
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