Mark Twain Quotes, Jesus Quotes, Men Quotes

Jesus died to save men - a small thing for an immortal to do - and didn't save many, anyway. But if he had been damned for the race, that would have been act of a size proper to a god, and would have saved the whole race.

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Civilizations proceed from the heart rather than from the head.

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That is a simple rule, and easy to remember. When I, a thoughtful and unblessed Presbyterian, examine the Koran, I know that beyond any question every Mohammedan is insane; not in all things, but in religious matters.

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Authorship is not a trade, it is an inspiration; authorship does not keep an office, its habitation is all out under the sky, and everywhere the winds are blowing and the sun is shining and the creatures of God are free.

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The true Southern watermelon is a boon apart, and not to be mentioned with commoner things. It is chief of this world'd luxuries, king by grace of God over all the fruits of the earth. When one has tasted it, he knows what the angels eat. It was not a Southern watermelon that Eve took: we know it because she repented.

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It's easy to make friends, but hard to get rid of them.

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We have a criminal jury system which is superior to any in the world and it's efficiency is only marred by the difficulty of finding twelve men every day who don't know anything and can't read-

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A wanton waste of projectiles.

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To be satisfied with what one has; that is wealth. As long as one sorely needs a certain additional amount, that man isn't rich.

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One thing at a time, is my motto - and just play that thing for all it is worth, even if it's only tto pair and a jack.

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There is a great difference between feeding parties to wild beasts and stirring up their finer feelings in an inquisition. One is the system of degraded barbarians, the other of enlightened civilized people.

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There is no salvation for us but to adopt Civilization and lift ourselves down to its level.

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New Orleans food is as delicious as the less criminal forms of sin.

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The old saw says - 'Let a sleeping dog lie.' Experience knows better; experience says, If you want to convince do it yourself.

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I am always reading immoral books on the sly, and then selfishly trying to prevent other people from having the same wicked good time.

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I was born lazy. I am no lazier now than I was forty years ago, but that is because I reached the limit forty years ago. You can't go beyond possibility.

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Every time you stop a school, you will have to build a jail.

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Make your vacation your vocation.

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Never pick a fight with people who buy ink by the barrel.

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It will take mind and memory months and possibly years to gather together the details, and thus learn and know the whole extent of the loss.

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