Mark Twain Quotes, War Quotes, Lynching Quotes

There is not a single celebrated Southern name in any of the departments of human industry except those of war, assassination, lynching, murder, the duel, repudiation, & massacre.

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I wish I could make him understand that a loving good heart is riches enough, and that without it intellect is poverty.

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Is it, perhaps, possible that there are two kinds of Civilization-one for home consumption and one for the heathen market?

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Satan (impatiently) to Newcomer: The trouble with you Chicago people is, that you think you are the best people down here; whereas you are merely the most numerous.

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They do say that when a man starts down hill everybody is ready to help him with a kick, and I suppose it is so.

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....try the mustard, - a man can't know what turnips are in perfection without mustard.

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Men are more compassionate/(nobler)/magnanimous/generous than God; for men forgive their dead, but God does not.

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Learn from the mistakes of others - you won't live long enough to make them all yourself. He's opposed to millionaires, but it would be dangerous to offer him the position.

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Under certain circumstances, profanity provides a relief denied even to prayer.

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India is, the cradle of the human race, the birthplace of human speech, the mother of history, the grandmother of legend, and the great grand mother of tradition. our most valuable and most instructive materials in the history of man are treasured up in India only.

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Truth is more of a stranger than fiction. When in doubt, tell the truth. If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything. Most writers regard the truth as their most valuable possession, and therefore are economical in its use.

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

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Laughter is the greatest weapon we have and we, as humans, use it the least.

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If we only had some God in the country's laws, instead of being in such a sweat to get him into the Constitution, it would be better all around.

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Truth is stranger than fiction-to some people, but I am measurably familiar with it.

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After all these years, I see that I was mistaken about Eve in the beginning; ... I should be sorry to have that voice fall silent and pass out of my life.

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Man is a Religious Animal. He is the only Religious Animal. He is the only animal that has the True Religion--several of them. He is the only animal that loves his neighbor as himself and cuts his throat if his theology isn't straight. He has made a graveyard of the globe in trying his honest best to smooth his brother's path to happiness and heaven....The higher animals have no religion. And we are told that they are going to be left out in the Hereafter. I wonder why? It seems questionable taste.

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It is just like man's vanity and impertinence to call an animal dumb because it is dumb to his dull perceptions.

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We have infinite trouble in solving man-made mysteries; it is only when we set out to discover "the secret of God" that our difficulties disappear.

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Behind every successful man, there is a woman - And behind every unsuccessful man, there are two.

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