Classic – a book which people praise and don’t read.
MARK TWAINYou can’t depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus.
More Mark Twain Quotes
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The trouble is not in dying for a friend, but in finding a friend worth dying for.
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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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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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Part of the secret of success in life is to eat what you like and let the food fight it out inside.
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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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Action speaks louder than words but not nearly as often.
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Out of all the things I have lost, I miss my mind the most.
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It takes your enemy and your friend, working together, to hurt you to the heart: the one to slander you and the other to get the news to you.
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Let us live so that when we come to die even the undertaker will be sorry.
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Get your facts first, and then you can distort them as much as you please.
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Name the greatest of all inventors. Accident.
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Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to reform.
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Eat a live frog first thing in the morning and nothing worse will happen to you the rest of the day.
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It’s not the size of the dog in the fight, it’s the size of the fight in the dog.
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The worst loneliness is to not be comfortable with yourself.
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Worrying is like paying a debt you don’t owe.
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A clear conscience is the sure sign of a bad memory.
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Truth is stranger than fiction, but it is because Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities; Truth isn’t.
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Never argue with a fool, onlookers may not be able to tell the difference.
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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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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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A successful book is not made of what is in it, but what is left out of it.
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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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If voting made any difference they wouldn’t let us do it.
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In the first place God made idiots. This was for practice. Then he made school boards.
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