Books are for people who wish they were somewhere else.
MARK TWAINAny emotion, if it is sincere, is involuntary.
More Mark Twain Quotes
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Always do what is right. It will gratify half of mankind and astound the other.
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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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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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Never tell the truth to people who are not worthy of it.
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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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There is a charm about the forbidden that makes it unspeakably desirable.
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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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It’s better to keep your mouth shut and appear stupid than open it and remove all doubt.
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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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When angry, count four. When very angry, swear.
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Obscurity and a competence – that is the life that is best worth living.
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I’ve lived through some terrible things in my life, some of which actually happened.
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Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear – not absence of fear.
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To get the full value of joy you must have someone to divide it with.
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A clear conscience is the sure sign of a bad memory.
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