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 TWAINCourage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear – not absence of fear.
More Mark Twain Quotes
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I have never let my schooling interfere with my education.
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The dog is a gentleman; I hope to go to his heaven not man’s.
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It is better to deserve honors and not have them than to have them and not deserve them.
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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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When we remember we are all mad, the mysteries disappear and life stands explained.
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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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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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In the first place God made idiots. This was for practice. Then he made school boards.
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Man is the only animal that blushes. Or needs to.
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Books are for people who wish they were somewhere else.
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Wrinkles should merely indicate where the smiles have been.
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Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to reform.
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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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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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