Mark Twain Quotes, Letting Go Quotes, Book Quotes

Well, my book is written-let it go. But if it were only to write over again there wouldn't be so many things left out. They burn in me; and they keep multiplying; but now they can't ever be said. And besides, they would require a library-and a pen warmed up in hell.

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Wit and Humor - if any difference, it is in duration - lightning and electric light. Same material, apparently; but one is vivid, and can do damage - the other fools along and enjoys elaboration.

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The law of work seems unfair, but nothing can change it; the more enjoyment you get out of your work, the more money you will make.

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I'm all for prosperity. It's change I object to.

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When we remember we are all mad, the mysteries disappear and life stands explained.

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Once I talked to the inmates of an insane asylum in Hartford. I have talked to idiots a thousand times, but only once to the insane.

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I can always tell which is the front end of a horse, but beyond that, my art is not above the ordinary.

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The modern patriotism, the true patriotism, the only rational patriotism is loyalty to the Nation all the time, loyalty to the Government when it deserves it.

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The older we grow the greater becomes our wonder at how much ignorance one can contain without bursting one's clothes.

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I was educated once - it took me years to get over it.

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I have traveled more than anyone else, and I have noticed that even the angels speak English with an accent.

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Familiarity breeds contempt - and children.

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In the space of one hundred and seventy-six years the Mississippi has shortened itself two hundred and forty-two miles. Therefore, in the Old Silurian Period the Mississippi River was upward of one million three hundred thousand miles long, seven hundred and forty-two years from now the Mississippi will be only a mile and three-quarters long. There is something fascinating about science. One gets such wholesome returns of conjecture out of such a trifling investment of fact.

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You cant reach old age by another man's road, my habits protect my life but they would assassinate you

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The critic's symbol should be the tumble-bug: he deposits his egg in somebody else's dung, otherwise he could not hatch it.

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I don't know of a single foreign product that enters this country untaxed, except the answer to prayer.

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It is curious and interesting to notice what an attraction a fussy, mincing, nickel-plated word has for you.

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Words are only painted fire; a look is the fire itself.

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isn't so astonishing, the number of things that I can remember, as the number of things I can remember that aren't so.

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If the bubble reputation can be obtained only at the cannon's mouth, I am willing to go there for it, provided the cannon is empty.

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