| Nature knows no indecencies; man invents them. |
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- Mark Twain |
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| Don't go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first. |
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- Mark Twain |
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| Each man must for himself alone decide what is right and what is wrong, which course is patriotic and which isn't. You cannot shirk this and be a man. To decide against your conviction is to be an unqualified and excusable traitor, both to yourself and to your country, let men label you as they may. |
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- Mark Twain |
more quotations on [Civil Disobedience] [Patriotism] |
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| When angry, count four; when very angry, swear. |
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- Mark Twain |
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| We could use up two Eternities in learning all that is to be learned about our own world and the thousands of nations that have arisen and flourished and vanished from it. Mathematics alone would occupy me eight million years. |
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- Mark Twain |
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| God: The most popular scapegoat for our sins. |
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- Mark Twain |
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| I have no color prejudices nor caste prejudices nor creed prejudices. All I care to know is that a man is a human being, and that is enough for me; he can't be any worse. |
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- Mark Twain |
more quotations on [Prejudice] |
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| Be careless in your dress if you will, but keep a tidy soul. |
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- Mark Twain |
more quotations on [Clothing] [Soul] |
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| Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society. |
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- Mark Twain |
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| The finest clothing made is a person's skin, but, of course, society demands something more than this. |
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- Mark Twain |
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| Get your facts first, and then you can distort them as much as you please. |
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- Mark Twain |
more quotations on [Facts] [Media-Journalism] |
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| When we remember we are all mad, the mysteries disappear and life stands explained. |
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- Mark Twain |
more quotations on [Sanity] [Life] |
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| Few things are harder to put up with than the annoyance of a good example. |
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- Mark Twain |
more quotations on [Tolerance] |
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| Any emotion, if it is sincere, is involuntary. |
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- Mark Twain |
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| I shall never use profanity except in discussing house rent and taxes. |
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- Mark Twain |
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| What is the difference between a taxidermist and a tax collector? The taxidermist takes only your skin. |
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- Mark Twain |
more quotations on [Taxes] |
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| You can't depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus. |
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- Mark Twain |
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| Baccarat is a game whereby the croupier gathers in money with a flexible sculling oar, then rakes it home. If I could have borrowed his oar I would have stayed. |
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- Mark Twain |
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| Training is everything. The peach was once a bitter almond; cauliflower is nothing but cabbage with a college education. |
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- Mark Twain |
more quotations on [Food] [Education] |
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| But when the time comes that a man has had his dinner, then the true man comes to the surface. |
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- Mark Twain |
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