Mark Twain Quotes, Selfish Quotes

All our acts, reasoned and unreasoned, are selfish

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That is a simple rule, and easy to remember. When I, a thoughtful and unblessed Presbyterian, examine the Koran, I know that beyond any question every Mohammedan is insane; not in all things, but in religious matters.

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Laughter without a tinge of philosophy is but a sneeze of humor. Genuine humor is replete with wisdom.

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There is this trouble about special providences namely, there is so often a doubt as to which party was intended to be the beneficiary. In the case of the children, the bears, and the prophet, the bears got more real satisfaction out of the episode than the prophet did, because they got the children.

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If all men were rich, all men would be poor.

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Sum all the gifts that man is endowed with, and we give our greatest share of admiration to his energy. And today, if I were a heathen, I would rear a statue to Energy and fall down and worship it!

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When the world is made to be idiot-proof, the world will become overpopulated with idiots.

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All scenery in California requires distance to give it its highest charm.

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A man can be a Christian or a patriot, but he can't legally be a Christian and a patriot - except in the usual way: one of the two with the mouth, the other with the heart.

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The average man don't like trouble and danger.

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One must travel, to learn. Every day, now, old Scriptural phrases that never possessed any significance for me before, take to themselves a meaning.

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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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I was exceedingly delighted with the waltz, and also with the polka. These differ in name, but there the difference ceases

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Demagogue--a vessel containing beer and other liquids.

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Do right and you will be conspicuous.

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Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.

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What's your name?" "Becky Thatcher. What's yours? Oh, I know. It's Thomas Sawyer." "That's the name they lick me by. I'm Tom when I'm good. You call me Tom, will you?" "Yes

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Repartee is something we think of twenty-four hours too late.

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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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Thunder is good, thunder is impressive; but it is lightning that does the work.

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