Get your facts first, and then you can distort them as much as you please.
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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I’ve lived through some terrible things in my life, some of which actually happened.
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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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It’s better to keep your mouth shut and appear stupid than open it and remove all doubt.
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I’ve had a lot of worries in my life, most of which never happened.
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All right, then, I’ll go to hell.
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I haven’t any right to criticize books, and I don’t do it except when I hate them.
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Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it.
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Reality can be beaten with enough imagination.
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To get the full value of joy you must have someone to divide it with.
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A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes.
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I didn’t have time to write a short letter, so I wrote a long one instead.
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Don’t go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first.
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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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The worst loneliness is to not be comfortable with yourself.
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The right word may be effective, but no word was ever as effective as a rightly timed pause.
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