I’ve lived through some terrible things in my life, some of which actually happened.
MARK TWAINIn the first place God made idiots. This was for practice. Then he made school boards.
More Mark Twain Quotes
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Man is the only animal that blushes. Or needs to.
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Out of all the things I have lost, I miss my mind the most.
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If you tell the truth, you don’t have to remember anything.
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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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The human race has only one really effective weapon and that is laughter.
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When angry, count four. When very angry, swear.
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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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Heaven goes by favor. If it went by merit, you would stay out and your dog would go in.
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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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I did not attend his funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it.
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My books are water; those of the great geniuses is wine. Everybody drinks water.
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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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Action speaks louder than words but not nearly as often.
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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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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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