Mark Twain Quotes, Promise Quotes

Great enterprises usually promise vastly more than they perform.

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If you can't get a compliment any other way, pay yourself one.

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The wise thing is for us diligently to train ourselves to lie thoughtfully, judiciously; to lie with a good object, and not an evil one; to lie for others' advantage, and not our own; to lie healingly, charitably, humanely, not cruelly, hurtfully, maliciously; to lie gracefully and graciously, not awkwardly and clumsily; to lie firmly, frankly, squarely, with head erect, not haltingly, tortuously, with pusillanimous mien, as being ashamed of our high calling.

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Man proposes, but God blocks the game.

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Better a broken promise than none at all.

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For all the talk you hear about knowledge being such a wonderful thing, instinct is worth forty of it for real unerringness.

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Senator: Person who makes laws in Washington when not doing time.

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It is not what a man knows, but what he thinks of in time.

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A banker is a fellow who lends you his umbrella when the sun is shining, but wants it back the minute it begins to rain.

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It shames the average man to be valued below his own estimate of his worth.

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Prosperity is the best protector of principle.

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Life is short. Forgive quickly, kiss slowly and love truly.

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Taking the pledge will not make bad liquor good, but it will improve it.

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Tell the truth or trump-but get the trick.

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Man is a marvelous curiosity...he thinks he is the Creator's pet...he even believes the Creator loves him; has passion for him; sits up nights to admire him; yes and watch over him and keep him out of trouble. He prays to him and thinks he listens. Isn't it a quaint idea.

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Too bad that youth is wasted on the young.

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Courage is not the lack of fear. It is acting in spite of it.

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The Impartial Friend: Death, the only immortal who treats us all alike, whose pity and whose peace and whose refuge are for all--the soiled and the pure, the rich and the poor, the loved and the unloved.

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Water, taken in moderation, cannot hurt anybody.

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Peace by persuasion has a pleasant sound, but I think we should not be able to work it. We should have to tame the human race first, and history seems to show that that cannot be done.

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