My books are water; those of the great geniuses is wine. Everybody drinks water.
MARK TWAINAnger is an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stored than to anything on which it is poured.
More Mark Twain Quotes
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In the beginning of a change the patriot is a scarce man, and brave, and hated and scorned. When his cause succeeds, the timid join him, for then it costs nothing to be a patriot.
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You can’t depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus.
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There’s one way to find out if a man is honest: ask him; if he says yes, you know he’s crooked.
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There are many humorous things in the world; among them, the white man’s notion that he is less savage than the other savages.
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It is curious that physical courage should be so common in the world and moral courage so rare.
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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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Kindness is a language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.
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Let us live so that when we come to die even the undertaker will be sorry.
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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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It’s better to keep your mouth shut and appear stupid than open it and remove all doubt.
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Name the greatest of all inventors. Accident.
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Everyone is a moon, and has a dark side which he never shows to anybody.
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Heaven goes by favor. If it went by merit, you would stay out and your dog would go in.
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The dog is a gentleman; I hope to go to his heaven not man’s.
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To get the full value of joy you must have someone to divide it with.
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