Mark Twain Quotes, Humans Quotes

Everything human is pathetic

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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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The way it is now, the asylums can hold the sane people, but if we tried to shut up the insane we should run out of building materials.

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Few things are more irritating than when someone who is wrong is also very effective in making his point.

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In my nostrils still lives the breath of flowers that perished twenty years ago.

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What a lie it is to call this a free country, where none but the unworthy and undeserving may swear.

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There is no such thing as the Queen's English. The property has gone into the hands of a joint stock company and we own the bulk of the shares!

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Don't dream your life, but live your dream

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There is nothing more awe-inspiring than a miracle except the credulity that can take it at par.

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It is often the case that a man who can't tell a lie thinks he is the best judge of one.

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Imagine, if you will, that I am an idiot. Then, imagine that I am also a Congressman. But, alas, I repeat myself.

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Satan hasn't a single salaried helper; the Opposition employs a million.

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We may not pay Satan reverence, for that would be indiscreet, but we can at least respect his talents.

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I cannot call to mind a single instance where I have ever been irreverent, except toward the things which were sacred to other people.

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You can't reason with your heart; it has its own laws, and thumps about things which the intellect scorns.

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There is no such thing as an ordinary life.

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But they (the infantry) had no use for boys of twelve and thirteen, and before I had a chance in another war, the desire to kill people to whom I had not been introduced had passed away.

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When the Lord finished the world, he pronounced it good. That is what I said about my first work, too. But Time, I tell you, Time takes the confidence out of these incautious opinions. It is more than likely that He thinks about the world, now, pretty much as I think about the Innocents Abroad. The fact is, there is a trifle too much water in both.

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The Bible is a wonderful book; you can prove anything you want with it.

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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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