I must have a prodigious amount of mind; it takes me as much as a week, sometimes, to make it up!
MARK TWAINIn 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.
More Mark Twain Quotes
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History doesn’t repeat itself, but it does rhyme.
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When angry, count four. When very angry, swear.
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Action speaks louder than words but not nearly as often.
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Wrinkles should merely indicate where the smiles have been.
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All right, then, I’ll go to hell.
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Reality can be beaten with enough imagination.
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You can’t depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus.
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Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it.
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I have never let my schooling interfere with my education.
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The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why.
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My books are water; those of the great geniuses is wine. Everybody drinks water.
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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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Never put off till tomorrow what may be done day after tomorrow just as well.
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Education consists mainly of what we have unlearned.
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It is better to deserve honors and not have them than to have them and not deserve them.
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