Mark Twain Quotes, Science Quotes, Facts Quotes

I am not one of those who in expressing opinions confine themselves to facts.

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Slang in a woman's mouth is not obscene, it only sounds so.

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Greece is a bleak, unsmiling desert, without agriculture, manufactures or commerce, apparently. What supports its poverty-stricken people or its Government, is a mystery.

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War talk by men who have been in a war is always interesting; whereas moon talk by a poet who has not been in the moon is likely to be dull.

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Worrying is paying interest on a debt you might not even owe.

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We all like to see people sea-sick when we are not ourselves.

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Against the assault of laughter nothing can stand.

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Literature is well enough, as a time-passer, and for the improvement and general elevation and purification of mankind, but it has no practical value.

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The weakest of all weak things is a virtue that has not been tested in the fire.

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We are always hearing of people who are around seeking after the Truth. I have never seen a (permanent) specimen. I think he has never lived. But I have seen several entirely sincere people who thought they were (permanent) Seekers after the Truth. They sought diligently, persistently, carefully, cautiously, profoundly, with perfect honesty and nicely adjusted judgment- until they believed that without doubt or question they had found the Truth. That was the end of the search. The man spent the rest of his hunting up shingles wherewith to protect his Truth from the weather.

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It takes your enemy and your friend, working together, to hurt you to the heart: the one to slander you and the other to get the news to you.

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We have a criminal jury system which is superior to any in the world and it's efficiency is only marred by the difficulty of finding twelve men every day who don't know anything and can't read-

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Do your duty today and repent tomorrow.

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What a world of trouble those who never marry escape! There are many happy matches, it is true, and sometimes "my dear," and "my love" come from the heart; but what sensible bachelor, rejoicing in his freedom and years of discretion, will run the tremendous risk?

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I admire the serene assurance of those who have religious faith. It is wonderful to observe the calm confidence of a Christian with four aces.

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We laugh and laugh. Then cry and cry- Then feebler laugh, Then die.

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It takes me a long time to lose my temper, but once lost I could not find it with a dog.

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

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Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society.

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If you can't stand solitude, perhaps others find you boring as well.

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