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 TWAINAlways acknowledge a fault. This will throw those in authority off their guard and give you an opportunity to commit more.
More Mark Twain Quotes
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It takes your enemy and your friend, working together, to hurt you to the heart: the one to slander you and the other to get the news to you.
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Sanity and happiness are an impossible combination.
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The most interesting information come from children, for they tell all they know and then stop.
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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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Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to reform.
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It’s easier to fool people than to convince them that they have been fooled.
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Man is the only animal that blushes. Or needs to.
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Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience.
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History doesn’t repeat itself, but it does rhyme.
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Patriotism is supporting your country all the time and your government when it deserves it.
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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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A banker is a fellow who lends you his umbrella when the sun is shining, but wants it back the minute it begins to rain.
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To get the full value of joy you must have someone to divide it with.
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The trouble is not in dying for a friend, but in finding a friend worth dying for.
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I have never let my schooling interfere with my education.
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