Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear – not absence of fear.
MARK TWAINThere are many humorous things in the world; among them, the white man’s notion that he is less savage than the other savages.
More Mark Twain Quotes
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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 don’t read the newspaper, you’re uninformed. If you read the newspaper, you’re mis-informed.
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Any emotion, if it is sincere, is involuntary.
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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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The human race has only one really effective weapon and that is laughter.
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Patriotism is supporting your country all the time and your government when it deserves it.
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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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Get your facts first, and then you can distort them as much as you please.
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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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Man is the only animal that blushes. Or needs to.
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Giving up smoking is the easiest thing in the world. I know because I’ve done it thousands of times.
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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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Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it.
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The more I learn about people, the more I like my dog.
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Classic – a book which people praise and don’t read.
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