I didn’t have time to write a short letter, so I wrote a long one instead.
MARK TWAINHistory doesn’t repeat itself, but it does rhyme.
More Mark Twain Quotes
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If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous he will not bite you. This is the principal difference between a dog and man.
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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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Wrinkles should merely indicate where the smiles have been.
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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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Giving up smoking is the easiest thing in the world. I know because I’ve done it thousands of times.
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Politicians and diapers must be changed often, and for the same reason.
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I have never let my schooling interfere with my education.
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The secret to getting ahead is getting started.
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Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it.
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The easy confidence with which I know another man’s religion is folly teaches me to suspect that my own is also.
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Everyone is a moon, and has a dark side which he never shows to anybody.
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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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When you fish for love, bait with your heart, not your brain.
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The human race has only one really effective weapon and that is laughter.
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Always acknowledge a fault. This will throw those in authority off their guard and give you an opportunity to commit more.
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