It’s better to keep your mouth shut and appear stupid than open it and remove all doubt.
MARK TWAINEducation: the path from cocky ignorance to miserable uncertainty.
More Mark Twain Quotes
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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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Education: the path from cocky ignorance to miserable uncertainty.
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I haven’t any right to criticize books, and I don’t do it except when I hate them.
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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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Part of the secret of success in life is to eat what you like and let the food fight it out inside.
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I’ve had a lot of worries in my life, most of which never happened.
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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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Anger is an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stored than to anything on which it is poured.
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Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society.
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My books are water; those of the great geniuses is wine. Everybody drinks water.
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Action speaks louder than words but not nearly as often.
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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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There is a charm about the forbidden that makes it unspeakably desirable.
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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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Worrying is like paying a debt you don’t owe.
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