If Christ were here there is one thing he would not be – a Christian.
MARK TWAINIt is curious that physical courage should be so common in the world and moral courage so rare.
More Mark Twain Quotes
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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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Never tell the truth to people who are not worthy of it.
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Obscurity and a competence – that is the life that is best worth living.
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The secret to getting ahead is getting started.
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I did not attend his funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it.
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Always acknowledge a fault. This will throw those in authority off their guard and give you an opportunity to commit more.
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Any emotion, if it is sincere, is involuntary.
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What is Man? Man is a noisome bacillus whom Our Heavenly Father created because he was disappointed in the monkey.
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Anger is an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stored than to anything on which it is poured.
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Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society.
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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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In the first place God made idiots. This was for practice. Then he made school boards.
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Reality can be beaten with enough imagination.
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When angry, count four. When very angry, swear.
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There are many humorous things in the world; among them, the white man’s notion that he is less savage than the other savages.
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