The right word may be effective, but no word was ever as effective as a rightly timed pause.
MARK TWAINThe easy confidence with which I know another man’s religion is folly teaches me to suspect that my own is also.
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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Kindness is a language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.
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Get your facts first, and then you can distort them as much as you please.
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Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear – not absence of fear.
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All right, then, I’ll go to hell.
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To get the full value of joy you must have someone to divide it with.
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Wrinkles should merely indicate where the smiles have been.
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In the first place God made idiots. This was for practice. Then he made school boards.
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I have never let my schooling interfere with my education.
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I’ve had a lot of worries in my life, most of which never happened.
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It’s easier to fool people than to convince them that they have been fooled.
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A half-truth is the most cowardly of lies.
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Never argue with a fool, onlookers may not be able to tell the difference.
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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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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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