Books are for people who wish they were somewhere else.
MARK TWAINOf 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.
More Mark Twain Quotes
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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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Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it.
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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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The most interesting information come from children, for they tell all they know and then stop.
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Get your facts first, and then you can distort them as much as you please.
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Obscurity and a competence – that is the life that is best worth living.
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It’s easier to fool people than to convince them that they have been fooled.
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When angry, count four. When very angry, swear.
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A half-truth is the most cowardly of lies.
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The worst loneliness is to not be comfortable with yourself.
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Loyalty to country always. Loyalty to government, when it deserves it.
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I have never let my schooling interfere with my education.
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Never argue with a fool, onlookers may not be able to tell the difference.
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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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Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society.
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