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 TWAINIf you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous he will not bite you. This is the principal difference between a dog and man.
More Mark Twain Quotes
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My books are water; those of the great geniuses is wine. Everybody drinks water.
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Sanity and happiness are an impossible combination.
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Loyalty to country always. Loyalty to government, when it deserves it.
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It’s easier to fool people than to convince them that they have been fooled.
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Action speaks louder than words but not nearly as often.
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Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society.
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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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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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A successful book is not made of what is in it, but what is left out of it.
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Be good and you will be lonesome.
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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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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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The secret to getting ahead is getting started.
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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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