Mark Twain Quotes, Bird Quotes, Feelings Quotes

You may call a jay a bird. Well, so he is, in a measure--because he's got feathers on him, and don't belong to no church, perhaps;but otherwise he is just as much a human as you be. And I'll tell you for why. A jay's gifts and instincts, and feelings, and interests, cover the whole ground. A jay hasn't got any more principle than a Congressman.

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To be good is noble; but to show others how to be good is nobler and no trouble.

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The holy passion of Friendship is of so sweet and steady and loyal and enduring a nature that it will last through a whole lifetime, if not asked to lend money.

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He had an uncommon fondness for cats. As an old man summering in New Hampshire, Twain even rented kittens from a nearby farm to keep him company until he returned home. "If man could be crossed with the cat," said Twain, "it would improve the man, but it would deteriorate the cat." There's always something about your success that displeases even your best friends.

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Don't wait the time is never just right.

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Fame is a vapor, popularity an accident; the only earthly certainty is oblivion.

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To one in sympathy with nature, each season, in its turn, seems the loveliest.

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I'm in favor of progress; it's change I don't like.

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Humor is mankind's greatest blessing.

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There is nothing so annoying as a good example!!

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An Englishman is a person who does things because they have been done before. An American is a person who does things because they haven't been done before.

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Action speaks louder than words but not nearly as often.

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Every time you stop a school, you will have to build a jail. What you gain at one end you lose at the other. It's like feeding a dog on his own tail. It won't fatten the dog.

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Life becomes fully understandable only the moment we realise that we are all mad.

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As an example to others, and not that I care for moderation myself, it has always been my rule never to smoke when asleep, and never to refrain from smoking when awake.

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Life should begin with age and its privileges and accumulations, and end with youth and its capacity to splendidly enjoy such advantages.

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...majority Patriotism is the customary Patriotism.

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Geological time is not money.

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The pulpit and the optimist are always talking about the human race's steady march toward ultimate perfection. As usual, they leave out the statistics. It is the pulpit's way - the optimist's way.

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My kind of loyalty was loyalty to one's country, not to its institutions or its office-holders.

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