If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous he will not bite you. This is the principal difference between a dog and man.
MARK TWAINWhen we remember we are all mad, the mysteries disappear and life stands explained.
More Mark Twain Quotes
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Be good and you will be lonesome.
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The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.
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The secret to getting ahead is getting started.
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When angry, count four. When very angry, swear.
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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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Worrying is like paying a debt you don’t owe.
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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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I’ve had a lot of worries in my life, most of which never happened.
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Loyalty to country always. Loyalty to government, when it deserves it.
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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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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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Action speaks louder than words but not nearly as often.
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I must have a prodigious amount of mind; it takes me as much as a week, sometimes, to make it up!
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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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Don’t part with your illusions. When they are gone you may still exist, but you have ceased to live.
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