Mark Twain Quotes, Inspirational Quotes, Motivational Quotes

You believe in a book that has talking animals, wizards, witches, demons, sticks turning into snakes, burning bushes, food falling from the sky, people walking on water, and all sorts of magical, absurd and primitive stories, and you say that we are the ones that need help?

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Vote: The only commodity that is peddleable without a license.

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There is no family in America without a clock, and consequently there is no fair pretext for the usual Sunday medley of dreadful sounds that issues from our steeples.

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Public Servant: Persons chosen by the people to distribute the graft.

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Shall we go on conferring our Civilization upon the peoples that sit in darkness, or shall we give those poor things a rest?

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The cost of living hasn't effected its popularity.

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A reputable lawyer will advise you to keep out of the law, make the best of a foolish bargain, and not get caught again.

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Life was a fairy-tale, then, it is a tragedy now. When I was 43 and John Hay 41 he said life was a tragedy after 40, and I disputed it. Three years ago he asked me to testify again: I counted my graves, and there was nothing for me to say. I am old; I recognize it but I don't realize it. I wonder if a person ever really ceases to feel young - I mean, for a whole day at a time.

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Love seems the swiftest, but it is the slowest of growths

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The report of my death was an exaggeration.

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it is not wise to keep the fire going under a slander unless you can get some large advantage out of keeping it alive. Few slanders can stand the wear of silence.

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A German joke is no laughing matter.

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The real yellow peril: Gold.

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All emotion is involuntary when genuine.

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The difference between a Miracle and a Fact is exactly the difference between a mermaid and a seal.

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Who knows, he may grow up to be President someday, unless they hang him first!" Aunt Polly about Tom Sawyer

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I like a thin book because it will Steady a Table, a leather volume because it will Strop a Razor, and a heavy book because it can be Thrown at a Cat.

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The only very marked difference between the average civilized man and the average savage is that the one is gilded and the other is painted.

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I have never taken any exercise, except sleeping and resting, and I never intend to take any. Exercise is loathsome. And it cannot be any benefit when you are tired; and I was always tired.

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We are called the nation of inventors. And we are. We could still claim that title and wear its loftiest honors if we had stopped with the first thing we ever invented, which was human liberty.

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