Mark Twain Quotes, Flattery Quotes, Compliment Quotes

The happy phrasing of a compliment is one of the rarest of human gifts, and the happy delivery of it another.

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A photograph is a most important document, and there is nothing more damning to go down to posterity than a silly, foolish smile caught and fixed forever.

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...the administration of the law can never go lax where every individual sees to it that it grows not lax in his own case, or in cases which fall under his eyes.

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Tea is an affront to lunch and an insult to dinner.

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If the bubble reputation can be obtained only at the cannon's mouth, I am willing to go there for it, provided the cannon is empty. If it is loaded my immortal and inflexible purpose is to get over the fence and go home. My invariable practice in war has been to bring out of every fight two-thirds more men than when I went in. This seems to me Napoleonic in its grandeur.

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Often it does seem a pity that Noah and his party did not miss the boat.

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If we had less statemanship we could get along with fewer battleships.

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One of the most striking differences between a cat and a lie is that a cat has only nine lives.

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The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.

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The human race is a race of cowards; and I am not only marching in that procession but carrying a banner.

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If ignorance is bliss, why isn't the world happier?

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When a person is accustomed to one hundred and thirty-eight in the shade, his ideas about cold weather are not valuable.

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Shut the door not that it lets in the cold but that it lets out the coziness.

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Demagogue--a vessel containing beer and other liquids.

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I have been on the verge of being an angel all my life, but it's never happened yet.

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In writing, I shall always confine myself strictly to the truth, except when it is attended with inconvenience.

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The government is merely a servant―merely a temporary servant; it cannot be its prerogative to determine what is right and what is wrong, and decide who is a patriot and who isn't. Its function is to obey orders, not originate them.

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All my life I have been honest-comparatively honest. I could never use money I had not made honestly-I could only lend it.

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History has tried hard to teach us that we can't have good government under politicians. Now, to go and stick one at the very head of the government couldn't be wise.

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An adventure is something that while it's happening you wish it wasn't.

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