There is a charm about the forbidden that makes it unspeakably desirable.
MARK TWAINAlways do what is right. It will gratify half of mankind and astound the other.
More Mark Twain Quotes
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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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A banker is a fellow who lends you his umbrella when the sun is shining, but wants it back the minute it begins to rain.
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The dog is a gentleman; I hope to go to his heaven not man’s.
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Eat a live frog first thing in the morning and nothing worse will happen to you the rest of the day.
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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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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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The easy confidence with which I know another man’s religion is folly teaches me to suspect that my own is also.
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Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience.
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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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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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Man is the only animal that blushes. Or needs to.
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Any emotion, if it is sincere, is involuntary.
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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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Everyone is a moon, and has a dark side which he never shows to anybody.
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