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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More Mark Twain Quotes
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Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience.
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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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Be good and you will be lonesome.
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A half-truth is the most cowardly of lies.
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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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Obscurity and a competence – that is the life that is best worth living.
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Wrinkles should merely indicate where the smiles have been.
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Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society.
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The best way to cheer yourself is to try to cheer someone else up.
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Loyalty to country always. Loyalty to government, when it deserves it.
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Books are for people who wish they were somewhere else.
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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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I have never let my schooling interfere with my education.
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All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence; then success is sure.
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Don’t part with your illusions. When they are gone you may still exist, but you have ceased to live.
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