Mark Twain Quotes

The trouble is not in dying for a friend, but in finding a friend worth dying for.
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Die Friendship Trouble Worth
A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes.
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Honesty Lying Shoes Travel Truth World
The more I learn about people, the more I like my dog.
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Dog Funny Humour Insult Learning One Liner People
It’s easier to fool people than to convince them that they have been fooled.
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Convince Fools People Reality
If Christ were here there is one thing he would not be – a Christian.
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Humour Religion Wisdom
I have found out that there ain’t no surer way to find out whether you like people or hate them than to travel with them.
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Finding Hate Humour People Travel
It’s better to keep your mouth shut and appear stupid than open it and remove all doubt.
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Appearance Doubt Humour Mouth Remove Stupidity
Let us live so that when we come to die even the undertaker will be sorry.
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Die Inspirational Live Sorry
Name the greatest of all inventors. Accident.
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Accident Funny Humour Invention One Liner
The human race has only one really effective weapon and that is laughter.
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Effective Happiness Human Laughter Race Reality Weapon
The human race has only one really effective weapon and that is laughter.
MARK TWAIN

Effective Happiness Human Laughter Race Reality Weapon
The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why.
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Born Inspirational Life Positive Reason Success Wisdom
The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.
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Death Die Fear Inspirational Life Live Man Prepare Time Travel
Action speaks louder than words but not nearly as often.
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Action Hustle Inspirational One Liner Success Work Hard
Out of all the things I have lost, I miss my mind the most.
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Deep Healing Lost Mind Missing One Liner
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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Ambition Dreamss Greatness Hurt People Try
When we remember we are all mad, the mysteries disappear and life stands explained.
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Disappear Explanation Humour Life Mad Mystery Remember Stand
Get your facts first, and then you can distort them as much as you please.
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FAction Healing Humour Treat
It is curious that physical courage should be so common in the world and moral courage so rare.
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Brace Character Courage Curious Moral Physical World
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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Acknowledgement Authority Commit Fault Guard Opportunity Throw
It is curious that physical courage should be so common in the world and moral courage so rare.
MARK TWAIN

Brace Character Courage Curious Moral Physical World
Always acknowledge a fault. This will throw those in authority off their guard and give you an opportunity to commit more.
MARK TWAIN

Acknowledgement Authority Commit Fault Guard Opportunity Throw
All right, then, I’ll go to hell.
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Break Up Hell Leaving Resignation
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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Brave Courage Dog Flight Inspirational
I did not attend his funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it.
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Approve Attend Funeral Funny Humour Insult Letter
Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it.
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Forgiveness Gragnance Heel Peace Wisdom
Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society.
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Clothes Influence Man Naked People Society

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