Mark Twain Quotes, Civilization Quotes, Giving Quotes

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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Definite speech means clarity of mind.

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Custom is custom: it is built of brass, boiler-iron, granite; facts, reasonings, arguments have no more effect upon it than the idle winds have upon Gibraltar.

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One holds a bottle of red wine by the neck, a woman by the waist, and a bottle of champagne by the derriere.

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Most writers regard the truth as their most valuable possession, and therefore are most economical in its use.

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I am pushing sixty. That is enough exercise for me.

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Writing is the easiest thing in the world.... Just try it sometime. I sit up with a pipe in my mouth and a board on my knees and I scribble away.

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No one can tell me what is a good cigar - for me. I am the only judge. People who claim to know say that I smoke the worst cigars in the world. They bring their own cigars when they come to my house.

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Sum all the gifts that man is endowed with, and we give our greatest share of admiration to his energy. And today, if I were a heathen, I would rear a statue to Energy and fall down and worship it!

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Every time I read a Jane Austen novel, I feel like a bartender at the gates of heaven.

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There is not an acre of ground on the globe that is in possession of its rightful owner, or that has not been taken away from owner after owner, cycle afer cycle, by force and bloodshed.

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from the beginning of my sojourn in this world there was a persistent vacancy in me where the industry ought to be. (Ought to was is better, perhaps, though the most of the authorities differ as to this.

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It is a time when one’s spirit is subdued and sad, one knows not why; when the past seems a storm-swept desolation, life a vanity and a burden, and the future but a way to death. It is a time when one is filled with vague longings; when one dreams of flight to peaceful islands in the remote solitudes of the sea, or folds his hands and says, What is the use of struggling, and toiling and worrying any more? let us give it all up.

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There will never be a "perfect" time to quit smoking. A time when you don't have any distractions or stress... If you had started today one year ago, this would not even be an issue for you today! Don't waste another year!

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I can speak French but I cannot understand it.

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I'm glad I did it, partly because it was worth it, but mostly because I shall never have to do it again.

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Nothing is so ignorant as a man's left hand, except a lady's watch.

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Honor is a harder master than the law.

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Benefit of clergy: Half-rate on the railroad.

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....honest men are few when it comes to themselves.

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