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Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.

Mark Twain

Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to reform.
MARK TWAIN

Majority Reform Time Wisdom Yourself
If you don’t read the newspaper, you’re uninformed. If you read the newspaper, you’re mis-informed.
MARK TWAIN

Information Media Newspaper
It’s not the size of the dog in the fight, it’s the size of the fight in the dog.
MARK TWAIN

Brave Courage Dog Flight Inspirational
Never argue with a fool, onlookers may not be able to tell the difference.
MARK TWAIN

Argument Difference Excuse Fools
The right word may be effective, but no word was ever as effective as a rightly timed pause.
MARK TWAIN

Effect Let Go Pause Time
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.
MARK TWAIN

Animal Dog Fellow Grace Speak
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.
MARK TWAIN

Enemy Friendship Heart Togetherness Work
I haven’t any right to criticize books, and I don’t do it except when I hate them.
MARK TWAIN

Book Criticize Except Hate
In the first place God made idiots. This was for practice. Then he made school boards.
MARK TWAIN

Education God Humour Idiot Practice School
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.
MARK TWAIN

Finding Hate Humour People Travel
If voting made any difference they wouldn’t let us do it.
MARK TWAIN

Democracy Difference Government Vote
Don’t part with your illusions. When they are gone you may still exist, but you have ceased to live.
MARK TWAIN

Cease Exist Illusion Life Live
I did not attend his funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it.
MARK TWAIN

Approve Attend Funeral Funny Humour Insult Letter
You can’t depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus.
MARK TWAIN

Depend Eyes Focus Imagination Life One Liner
Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it.
MARK TWAIN

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Giving up smoking is the easiest thing in the world. I know because I’ve done it thousands of times.
MARK TWAIN

Give Up Human Nature Humour Smoking Time World

Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.

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Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.

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