I’ve lived through some terrible things in my life, some of which actually happened.
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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Classic – a book which people praise and don’t read.
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The secret to getting ahead is getting started.
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Wrinkles should merely indicate where the smiles have been.
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In 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.
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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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Sanity and happiness are an impossible combination.
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You can’t depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus.
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Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to reform.
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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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When you fish for love, bait with your heart, not your brain.
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If Christ were here there is one thing he would not be – a Christian.
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Let us live so that when we come to die even the undertaker will be sorry.
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Eat a live frog first thing in the morning and nothing worse will happen to you the rest of the day.
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A half-truth is the most cowardly of lies.
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Obscurity and a competence – that is the life that is best worth living.
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