Mark Twain Quotes

We regret the things we don't do more than the things we do.

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When it comes down to pure ornamental cursing, the native American is gifted above the sons of men.

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The slowness of one section of the world about adopting the valuable ideas of another section of it is a curious thing and unaccountable.

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Ignorant people think it is the noise which fighting cats make that is so aggravating, but it ain't so; it is the sickening grammar that they use.

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The man who is a pessimist before 48 knows too much; if he is an optimist after it, he knows too little.

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I said there was but one solitary thing about the past worth remembering, and that was the fact that it is past-can't be restored.

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Of all God's creatures, there is only one that cannot be made slave of the leash. That one is the cat. If man could be crossed with the cat it would improve the man, but it would deteriorate the cat.

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I would rather have my ignorance than another man's knowledge, because I have so much of it.

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Never learn to do anything: if you don't learn, you'll always find someone else to do it for you.

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Laws control the lesser man... Right conduct controls the greater one.

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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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They did not know it was impossible so they did it

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Be good and you will be lonely.

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You cannot have all chiefs; you gotta have Indians too. Perfect love cannot be without equality. A friend to everybody and to nobody is the same thing. We are all alike, on the inside.

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The nation is divided, half patriots and half traitors, and no man can tell which from which.

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If it is a Miracle, any sort of evidence will answer, but if it is a Fact, proof is necessary

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The writing begins when you’ve finished. Only then do you know what you’re trying to say.

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In German, a young lady has no sex, but a turnip has

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A sense of humor is the one thing no one will admit to not having.

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It was in Warwick Castle that I came across the curious stranger whom I am going to talk about. He attracted me by three things: his candid simplicity, his marvelous familiarity with ancient armor, and the restfulness of his company--for he did all the talking.

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