Mark Twain Quotes, Heart Quotes, Wish Quotes

I wish I could make him understand that a loving good heart is riches enough, and that without it intellect is poverty.

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Not all the Greek runners in the original Olympics were totally naked. Some wore shoes.

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I was born lazy. I am no lazier now than I was forty years ago, but that is because I reached the limit forty years ago. You can't go beyond possibility.

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Cold! If the thermometer had been an inch longer we'd all have frozen to death!

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It is a worthy thing to fight for one's freedom; it is another sight finer to fight for another man's.

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The observance of Thanksgiving Day-as a function-has become general of late years. The Thankfulness is not so general. This is natural. Two-thirds of the nation have always had hard luck and a hard time during the year, and this has a calming effect upon their enthusiasm.

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Let your joy be unconfined!

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To stand still is to fall behind.

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I pledged myself to smoke but one cigar a day. I kept the cigar waiting until bedtime, then I had a luxurious time with it. But desire persecuted me every day and all day long. I found myself hunting for larger cigars...within the month my cigar had grown to such proportions I could have used it as a crutch.

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Never put off until tomorrow what you can avoid altogether. A clean desk is a sign of a cluttered desk drawer. All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence, and then success is sure.

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The banging and slamming and booming and crashing were something beyond belief. [On Lohengrin]

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Tough times teach trust.

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We don't care to eat toadstools that think they are truffles.

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Explore. Dream. Discover.

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It's good sportsmanship to not pick up lost golf balls while they are still rolling.

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When red-headed people are above a certain social grade their hair is auburn.

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Fortune knocks at every man's door once in a life.

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The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who cannot read them.

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The critic's symbol should be the tumble-bug: he deposits his egg in somebody else's dung, otherwise he could not hatch it.

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The older I get, the more clearly I remember things that never happened.

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