It’s not the size of the dog in the fight, it’s the size of the fight in the dog.
MARK TWAINObscurity and a competence – that is the life that is best worth living.
More Mark Twain Quotes
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Out of all the things I have lost, I miss my mind the most.
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I’ve lived through some terrible things in my life, some of which actually happened.
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When you fish for love, bait with your heart, not your brain.
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Never tell the truth to people who are not worthy of it.
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If you tell the truth, you don’t have to remember anything.
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Sanity and happiness are an impossible combination.
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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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The easy confidence with which I know another man’s religion is folly teaches me to suspect that my own is also.
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The man who does not read has no advantage over the man who cannot read.
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A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes.
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Worrying is like paying a debt you don’t owe.
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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 human race has only one really effective weapon and that is laughter.
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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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I did not attend his funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it.
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If Christ were here there is one thing he would not be – a Christian.
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When we remember we are all mad, the mysteries disappear and life stands explained.
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I have never let my schooling interfere with my education.
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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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Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience.
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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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Wrinkles should merely indicate where the smiles have been.
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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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Don’t go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first.
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Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it.
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