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 TWAINIt takes your enemy and your friend, working together, to hurt you to the heart: the one to slander you and the other to get the news to you.
More Mark Twain Quotes
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Reality can be beaten with enough imagination.
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The most interesting information come from children, for they tell all they know and then stop.
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It takes your enemy and your friend, working together, to hurt you to the heart: the one to slander you and the other to get the news to you.
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Be good and you will be lonesome.
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Obscurity and a competence – that is the life that is best worth living.
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I’ve lived through some terrible things in my life, some of which actually happened.
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When you fish for love, bait with your heart, not your brain.
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Get your facts first, and then you can distort them as much as you please.
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Truth is stranger than fiction, but it is because Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities; Truth isn’t.
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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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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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A clear conscience is the sure sign of a bad memory.
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Giving up smoking is the easiest thing in the world. I know because I’ve done it thousands of times.
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Man is the only animal that blushes. Or needs to.
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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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