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The waves most washed me off ...

The waves most washed me off the raft sometimes, but I hadn't any clothes on, and didn't mind.

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If true, rarely beautiful. If...

If true, rarely beautiful. If beautiful, rarely true.

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It is impossible that a geniu...

It is impossible that a genius - at least a literary genius - can ever be discovered by his intimates; they are so close to him that he is out of focus to them and they can't get at his proportions; they can't perceive that there is any considerable difference between his bulk and their own.

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The spirit of wrath - not the...

The spirit of wrath - not the words - is the sin; and the spirit of wrath is cursing. We begin to swear before we can talk.

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Public Servant: Persons chose...

Public Servant: Persons chosen by the people to distribute the graft.

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We often feel sad in the pres...

We often feel sad in the presence of music without words; and often more than that in the presence of music without music.

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Thanksgiving day. Let us all ...

Thanksgiving day. Let us all give humble, hearty, and sincere thanks now, but the turkeys.

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Cooper's art has some defects...

Cooper's art has some defects. In one place in 'Deerslayer,' and in the restricted space of two-thirds of a page, Cooper has scored 114 offences against literary art out of a possible 115. It breaks the record.

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As a rule we develop a borrow...

As a rule we develop a borrowed European idea forward, and ... Europe develops a borrowed American idea backwards.

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Writing is the easiest thing ...

Writing is the easiest thing in the world.... Just try it sometime. I sit up with a pipe in my mouth and a board on my knees and I scribble away.

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I went to the circus, and loa...

I went to the circus, and loafed around the back side till the watchman went by, and then dived in under the tent. I had my twenty-dollar gold piece and some other money, but I reckoned I better save it.... I ain't opposed to spending money on circuses, when there ain't no other way, but there ain't no use in wasting it on them.

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It is hard enough luck being ...

It is hard enough luck being a monarch, without being a target also.

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Sometimes I lifted a chicken ...

Sometimes I lifted a chicken that warn't roosting comfortable, and took him along. Pap always said, take a chicken when you get achance, because if you don't want him yourself you can easy find somebody that does, and a good deed ain't ever forgot. I never see papa when he didn't want the chicken himself, but that is what he used to say, anyway.

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Every time I reform in one di...

Every time I reform in one direction I go overboard in another.

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We may not pay Satan reverenc...

We may not pay Satan reverence, for that would be indiscreet, but we can at least respect his talents.

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Adam did not want the apple f...

Adam did not want the apple for the apple's sake; he wanted it because it was forbidden.

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If the bubble reputation can ...

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.

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Human pride is not worthwhile...

Human pride is not worthwhile; there is always something lying in wait to take the wind out of it.

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The Autocrat of Russia posses...

The Autocrat of Russia possesses more power than any other man in the earth; but he cannot stop a sneeze.

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All gentle cant and philosoph...

All gentle cant and philosophizing to the contrary notwithstanding, no people in this world ever did achieve their freedom by goody-goody talk and moral suasion: it being immutable law that all revolutions that will succeed, must begin in blood.

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