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 TWAINGiving up smoking is the easiest thing in the world. I know because I’ve done it thousands of times.
More Mark Twain Quotes
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The worst loneliness is to not be comfortable with yourself.
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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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Always do what is right. It will gratify half of mankind and astound the other.
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When we remember we are all mad, the mysteries disappear and life stands explained.
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When angry, count four. When very angry, swear.
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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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Worrying is like paying a debt you don’t owe.
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The human race has only one really effective weapon and that is laughter.
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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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The trouble is not in dying for a friend, but in finding a friend worth dying for.
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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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Name the greatest of all inventors. Accident.
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The secret to getting ahead is getting started.
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The man who does not read has no advantage over the man who cannot read.
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Never allow someone to be your priority while allowing yourself to be their option.
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