A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes.
MARK TWAINAny emotion, if it is sincere, is involuntary.
More Mark Twain Quotes
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When angry, count four. When very angry, swear.
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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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What is Man? Man is a noisome bacillus whom Our Heavenly Father created because he was disappointed in the monkey.
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All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence; then success is sure.
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If animals could speak, the dog would be a blundering outspoken fellow; but the cat would have the rare grace of never saying a word too much.
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If you tell the truth, you don’t have to remember anything.
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The human race has only one really effective weapon and that is laughter.
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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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Of all the animals, man is the only one that is cruel. He is the only one that inflicts pain for the pleasure of doing it.
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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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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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Reality can be beaten with enough imagination.
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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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Action speaks louder than words but not nearly as often.
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Sanity and happiness are an impossible combination.
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