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.
MARK TWAINIn 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.
More Mark Twain Quotes
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Education: the path from cocky ignorance to miserable uncertainty.
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The man who does not read has no advantage over the man who cannot read.
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A clear conscience is the sure sign of a bad memory.
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To get the full value of joy you must have someone to divide it with.
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I didn’t have time to write a short letter, so I wrote a long one instead.
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Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear – not absence of fear.
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The secret to getting ahead is getting started.
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If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous he will not bite you. This is the principal difference between a dog and man.
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There’s one way to find out if a man is honest: ask him; if he says yes, you know he’s crooked.
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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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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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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 must have a prodigious amount of mind; it takes me as much as a week, sometimes, to make it up!
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Never allow someone to be your priority while allowing yourself to be their option.
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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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