There was never yet an uninteresting life. Such a thing is an impossibility. Inside of the dullest exterior there is a drama, a comedy, and a tragedy.
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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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 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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Action speaks louder than words but not nearly as often.
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When you fish for love, bait with your heart, not your brain.
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Name the greatest of all inventors. Accident.
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Patriotism is supporting your country all the time and your government when it deserves it.
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Education: the path from cocky ignorance to miserable uncertainty.
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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.
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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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Books are for people who wish they were somewhere else.
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The best way to cheer yourself is to try to cheer someone else up.
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Everyone is a moon, and has a dark side which he never shows to anybody.
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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 found out that there ain’t no surer way to find out whether you like people or hate them than to travel with them.
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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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