| October: This is one of the peculiarly dangerous months to speculate in stocks in. The others are July, January, September, April, November, May, March, June, December, August and February. |
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- Mark Twain |
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| The holy passion of Friendship is of so sweet and steady and loyal a nature that it will last through a whole lifetime, if not asked to lend money. |
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- Mark Twain |
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| The lack of money is the root of all evils. |
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- Mark Twain |
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| The law of work does seem utterly unfair — but there it is, and nothing can change it; the higher the pay in enjoyment the worker gets out of it, the higher shall be his pay in money also. |
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- Mark Twain |
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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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- Mark Twain |
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| All say, "How hard it is that we have to die" - a strange complaint to come from the mouths of people who have had to live. |
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- Mark Twain |
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| The report of my death was an exaggeration. |
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- Mark Twain |
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| Pity is for the living, envy is for the dead. |
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- Mark Twain |
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| Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear - not absence of fear. Except a creature be part coward it is not a compliment to say it is brave. |
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- Mark Twain |
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| In the beginning of a change, the patriot is a scarce man, and brave, and hated and scorned. When his cause succeeds, the timid join him, for then it costs nothing to be a patriot. |
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- Mark Twain |
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| It is curious that physical courage should be so common in the world and moral courage so rare. |
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- Mark Twain |
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| The rule is perfect: in all matters of opinion our adversaries are insane. |
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- Mark Twain |
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| All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence; then success is sure. |
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- Mark Twain |
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| Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it doesn't matter. |
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- Mark Twain |
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| Life would be infinitely happier if we could only be born at the age of eighty and gradually approach eighteen. |
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- Mark Twain |
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| The first half of life consists of the capacity to enjoy without the chance; the last half consists of the chance without the capacity. |
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- Mark Twain |
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| Everyone is a moon, and has a dark side which he never shows to anybody. |
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- Mark Twain |
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| We do not deal much in facts when we are contemplating ourselves. |
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- Mark Twain |
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| The dog is a gentleman; I hope to go to his heaven, not man's. |
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- Mark Twain |
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| I must have a prodigious quantity of mind; it takes me as much as a week sometimes to make it up. |
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- Mark Twain |
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