Mark Twain Quotes, Pride Quotes, Men Quotes

We had an abundance of mangoes, papaias and bananas here, but the pride of the islands, the most delicious fruit known to men, cherimoya, was not in season. It has a soft pulp, like a pawpaw, and is eaten with a spoon.

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Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience.

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The good Lord didn't create anything without a purpose, but the fly comes close.

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I have never taken any exercise, except sleeping and resting, and I never intend to take any. Exercise is loathsome. And it cannot be any benefit when you are tired; and I was always tired.

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As one boy said, 'I was thinking all these horrible thoughts about my parents when suddenly it hit me-if they're all that bad, how come I'm so wonderful'

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I've had a lot of worries in my life, most of which never happened.

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Who would find out that I am a natural fool if I kept always cool and never let nature come to the surface? Nobody.

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Out of the public schools comes the greatness of the nation.

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In the Spring, I have counted 136 different kinds of weather inside of 24 hours.

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I could never learn to like her, except on a raft at sea with no other provisions in sight.

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There is nothing to be learned from the second kick of a mule.

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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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In this age of inventive wonders all men have come to believe that in some genius' brain sleeps the solution of the grand problem of aerial navigation-and along with that belief is the hope that that genius will reveal his miracle before they die, and likewise a dread that he will poke off somewhere and die himself before he finds out that he has such a wonder lying dormant in his brain. We all know the air can be navigated-therefore, hurry up your sails and bladders-satisfy us-let us have peace.

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People are much more willing to lend you books than bookcases.

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If the metrics you are looking at aren't useful in optimizing your strategy - stop looking at them.

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That is the way we are made: we don't reason, where we feel; we just feel.

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How superbly brave is the Englishman in the presence of the awfulest forms of danger and death; and how abject in the presence of any and all forms of hereditary rank.

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... an experienced, industrious, ambitious, and often quite often picturesque liar.

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Yes, always avoid violence. In this age of charity and kindliness, the time has gone by for such things. Leave dynamite to the low and unrefined.

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In early times some sufferer had to sit up with a toothache, and he put in the time inventing the German language.

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