Mark Twain Quotes, Idiotic Quotes, Conventionality Quotes

All human rules are more or less idiotic.

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To gnaw on is human, towards digest, divine.

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The motto stated a lie. If this nation has ever trusted in God, that time has gone by; for nearly half a century almost its entire trust has been in the Republican party and the dollar--mainly the dollar. I recognize that I am only making an assertion and furnishing no proof; I am sorry, but this is a habit of mine; sorry also that I am not alone in it; everybody seems to have this disease.

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Only kings, presidents, editors, and people with tapeworms have the right to use the editorial 'we.'

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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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There ain't anything that is so interesting to look at as a place that a book has talked about.

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I shall never use profanity except in discussing house rent and taxes.

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But we are all insane, anyway ... The suicides seem to be the only sane people.

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Good breeding consists in concealing how much we think of ourselves and how little we think of the other person.

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Tight pants are just uncomfortable.

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A man cannot be comfortable without his own approval.

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I never write Metropolis for seven cents because I can get the same price for city. I never write policeman because I can get the same money for cop.

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Persons who think there is no such thing as luck good or bad are entitled to their opinion, although I think they ought to be shot for it.

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Adam was not alone in the Garden of Eden, however, and does not deserve all the credit; much is due to Eve, the first woman, and Satan, the first consultant.

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Every person is a book, each year a chapter.

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Brooklyn praise is half slander.

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

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Life does not consist mainly - or even largely - of facts and happenings.

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New Year's is a harmless annual institution, of no particular use to anybody save as a scapegoat for promiscuous drunks, and friendly calls and humbug resolutions.

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Next to possessing genius one's self is the power of appreciating it in others.

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