Education consists mainly of what we have unlearned.
MARK TWAINSanity and happiness are an impossible combination.
More Mark Twain Quotes
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Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society.
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My books are water; those of the great geniuses is wine. Everybody drinks water.
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Out of all the things I have lost, I miss my mind the most.
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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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History doesn’t repeat itself, but it does rhyme.
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Never argue with a fool, onlookers may not be able to tell the difference.
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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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The man who does not read has no advantage over the man who cannot read.
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Kindness is a language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.
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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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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.
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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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When we remember we are all mad, the mysteries disappear and life stands explained.
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A half-truth is the most cowardly of lies.
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In a good bookroom you feel in some mysterious way that you are absorbing the wisdom contained in all the books through your skin, without even opening them.
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To get the full value of joy you must have someone to divide it with.
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There was never yet an uninteresting life. Such a thing is an impossibility. Inside of the dullest exterior there is a drama, a comedy, and a tragedy.
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I have never let my schooling interfere with my education.
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If voting made any difference they wouldn’t let us do it.
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Never tell the truth to people who are not worthy of it.
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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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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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If Christ were here there is one thing he would not be – a Christian.
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The best way to cheer yourself is to try to cheer someone else up.
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Never put off till tomorrow what may be done day after tomorrow just as well.
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There is a charm about the forbidden that makes it unspeakably desirable.
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