Mark Twain Quotes, Men Quotes, Mind Quotes

Of course, no man is entirely in his right mind at any time.

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It is better to take what does not belong to you than to let it lie around neglected.

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The church is always trying to get other people to reform, it might not be a bad idea to reform itself a little, by way of example

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Our Bible reveals to us the character of our god with minute and remorseless exactness... It is perhaps the most damnatory biography that exists in print anywhere. It makes Nero an angel of light and leading by contrast.

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Whiskey is carried into committee rooms in demijohns and carried out in demagogues.

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As a rule we develop a borrowed European idea forward, and ... Europe develops a borrowed American idea backwards.

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Don't tell fish stories where the people know you; but particularly, don't tell them where they know the fish.

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I like criticism, but it must be my way.

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Most people can't bear to sit in church for an hour on Sundays. How are they supposed to live somewhere very similar to it for eternity?

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Let us guess that whenever we read a sentence & like it, we unconsciously store it away in our model-chamber; & it goes, with the myriad of its fellows, to the building, brick by brick, of the eventual edifice which we call our style.

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One must travel, to learn. Every day, now, old Scriptural phrases that never possessed any significance for me before, take to themselves a meaning.

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A little more kindness, A little less speed, A little more giving, A little less greed, A little more smile, A little less frown, A little less kicking, A man while he's down, A little more "We", A little less "I", A little more laugh, A little less cry, A little more flowers, On the pathway of life, And fewer on graves, At the end of the strife.

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The statesmen will invent cheap lies, putting the blame upon the nation that is being attacked, and every man will be glad of these conscience-soothing falsities

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When your watch gets out of order you have choice of two things to do: throw it in the fire or take it to the watch-tinker. The former is the quickest.

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I can live for two months on a good compliment.

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Too bad that youth is wasted on the young.

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History has tried hard to teach us that we can't have good government under politicians. Now, to go and stick one at the very head of the government couldn't be wise.

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Tell me about a person's family, friends, and community, and I'll tell you what his opinions are.

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Half of the results of a good intentions are evil; half the results of an evil intention are good.

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A discriminating irreverence is the creator and protector of human liberty.

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