Always acknowledge a fault. This will throw those in authority off their guard and give you an opportunity to commit more.
MARK TWAINNever tell the truth to people who are not worthy of it.
More Mark Twain Quotes
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It is curious that physical courage should be so common in the world and moral courage so rare.
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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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It is curious that physical courage should be so common in the world and moral courage so rare.
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Let us live so that when we come to die even the undertaker will be sorry.
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I haven’t any right to criticize books, and I don’t do it except when I hate them.
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Get your facts first, and then you can distort them as much as you please.
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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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Worrying is like paying a debt you don’t owe.
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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 dog is a gentleman; I hope to go to his heaven not man’s.
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Heaven goes by favor. If it went by merit, you would stay out and your dog would go in.
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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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A clear conscience is the sure sign of a bad memory.
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A banker is a fellow who lends you his umbrella when the sun is shining, but wants it back the minute it begins to rain.
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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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