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.
MARK TWAINAny emotion, if it is sincere, is involuntary.
More Mark Twain Quotes
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Don’t part with your illusions. When they are gone you may still exist, but you have ceased to live.
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If Christ were here there is one thing he would not be – a Christian.
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Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to reform.
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Classic – a book which people praise and don’t read.
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The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why.
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A clear conscience is the sure sign of a bad memory.
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When we remember we are all mad, the mysteries disappear and life stands explained.
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I do not fear death. I had been dead for billions and billions of years before I was born, and had not suffered the slightest inconvenience from it.
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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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Sanity and happiness are an impossible combination.
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The man who does not read has no advantage over the man who cannot read.
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Education consists mainly of what we have unlearned.
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Be good and you will be lonesome.
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April 1. This is the day upon which we are reminded of what we are on the other three hundred and sixty-four.
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Get your facts first, and then you can distort them as much as you please.
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