The secret to getting ahead is getting started.
MARK TWAINI’ve lived through some terrible things in my life, some of which actually happened.
More Mark Twain Quotes
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Never tell the truth to people who are not worthy of it.
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April 1. This is the day upon which we are reminded of what we are on the other three hundred and sixty-four.
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There is a charm about the forbidden that makes it unspeakably desirable.
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Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it.
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It’s better to keep your mouth shut and appear stupid than open it and remove all doubt.
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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.
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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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It is curious that physical courage should be so common in the world and moral courage so rare.
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A clear conscience is the sure sign of a bad memory.
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Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.
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Action speaks louder than words but not nearly as often.
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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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Worrying is like paying a debt you don’t owe.
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Reality can be beaten with enough imagination.
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There are many humorous things in the world; among them, the white man’s notion that he is less savage than the other savages.
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