Truth is stranger than fiction, but it is because Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities; Truth isn’t.
MARK TWAINThe fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.
More Mark Twain Quotes
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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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It is better to deserve honors and not have them than to have them and not deserve them.
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A clear conscience is the sure sign of a bad memory.
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All right, then, I’ll go to hell.
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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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Patriotism is supporting your country all the time and your government when it deserves it.
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The secret to getting ahead is getting started.
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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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You can’t depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus.
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If you don’t read the newspaper, you’re uninformed. If you read the newspaper, you’re mis-informed.
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Action speaks louder than words but not nearly as often.
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I’ve had a lot of worries in my life, most of which never happened.
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Get your facts first, and then you can distort them as much as you please.
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April 1. This is the day upon which we are reminded of what we are on the other three hundred and sixty-four.
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Never allow someone to be your priority while allowing yourself to be their option.
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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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It’s not the size of the dog in the fight, it’s the size of the fight in the dog.
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Sanity and happiness are an impossible combination.
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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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If you tell the truth, you don’t have to remember anything.
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My books are water; those of the great geniuses is wine. Everybody drinks water.
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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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A half-truth is the most cowardly of lies.
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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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Books are for people who wish they were somewhere else.
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