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.
MARK TWAINTruth is stranger than fiction, but it is because Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities; Truth isn’t.
More Mark Twain Quotes
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Classic – a book which people praise and don’t read.
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A clear conscience is the sure sign of a bad memory.
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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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It is better to deserve honors and not have them than to have them and not deserve them.
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It’s better to keep your mouth shut and appear stupid than open it and remove all doubt.
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Loyalty to country always. Loyalty to government, when it deserves it.
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When we remember we are all mad, the mysteries disappear and life stands explained.
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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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The worst loneliness is to not be comfortable with yourself.
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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 human race has only one really effective weapon and that is laughter.
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Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it.
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Kindness is a language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.
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The best way to cheer yourself is to try to cheer someone else up.
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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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