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If you've got a nice fresh co...

If you've got a nice fresh corpse, fetch him out!

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The country is the real thing...

The country is the real thing, the substantial thing, the eternal thing, it is the thing to watch over and care for and be loyal to; institutions are extraneous. . . .

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I love to revel in philosophi...

I love to revel in philosophical matters-especially astronomy. I study astronomy more than any other foolishness there is. I am a perfect slave to it. I am at it all the time. I have got more smoked glass than clothes. I am as familiar with the stars as the comets are. I know all the facts and figures and have all the knowledge there is concerning them. I yelp astronomy like a sun-dog, and paw the constellations like Ursa Major.

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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. If it is loaded my immortal and inflexible purpose is to get over the fence and go home. My invariable practice in war has been to bring out of every fight two-thirds more men than when I went in. This seems to me Napoleonic in its grandeur.

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In God We Trust. It is the c...

In God We Trust. It is the choicest compliment that has ever been paid us, and the most gratifying to our feelings. It is simple, direct, gracefully phrased; it always sounds well - In God We Trust. I don't believe it would sound any better if it were true.

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Ours is the "land of the free...

Ours is the "land of the free"-nobody denies that-nobody challenges it. (Maybe it is because we won't let other people testify.)

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Warm summer sun, shine kindly...

Warm summer sun, shine kindly here. Warm southern wind, blow softly here. Green sod above, lie light, lie light. Good night, dear Heart, Good night, good night.

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Fortune knocks at every man's...

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

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I don't mind what the opposit...

I don't mind what the opposition say of me so long as they don't tell the truth about me. But when they descend to telling the truth about me I consider that this is taking an unfair advantage.

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Truth is stranger than fictio...

Truth is stranger than fiction-to some people, but I am measurably familiar with it.

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The New York papers have long...

The New York papers have long known that no large question is ever really settled until I have been consulted.

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This morning arrives a letter...

This morning arrives a letter from my ancient silver-mining comrade, Calvin H. Higbie, a man whom I have not seen nor had communication with for forty-four years. . . . [Footnote: Roughing It is dedicated to Higbie.] . . . I shall allow myself the privilege of copying his punctuation and his spelling, for to me they are a part of the man. He is as honest as the day is long. He is utterly simple-minded and straightforward, and his spelling and his punctuation are as simple and honest as he is himself. He makes no apology for them, and no apology is needed.

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Foreigners cannot enjoy our f...

Foreigners cannot enjoy our food, I suppose, any more than we can enjoy theirs. It is not strange; for tastes are made, not born. I might glorify my bill of fare until I was tired; but after all, the Scotchman would shake his head and say, 'Where's your haggis?' and the Fijan would sigh and say, 'Where's your missionary?'

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The two Great Unknowns, the t...

The two Great Unknowns, the two Illustrious Conjecturabilities! They are the best known unknown persons that have ever drawn breath upon the planet.

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The English are mentioned in ...

The English are mentioned in the Bible; Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.

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Truth is such a precious arti...

Truth is such a precious article - let us all economize in its use.

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Why should anybody want to sa...

Why should anybody want to save the human race, or damn it either? Does God want its society? Does Satan?

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By common consent of all the ...

By common consent of all the nations and all the ages the most valuable thing in this world is the homage of men, whether deserved or undeserved.

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A man's first duty is to his ...

A man's first duty is to his own conscience and honor; the party and country come second to that, and never first.

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That cat will write her autog...

That cat will write her autograph all over your leg if you let her.

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Два года назад отечественное телевидение столкнулось с беспрецедентной кадровой тектоникой — целая группа ярких и узнаваемых ведущих стремительно исчезла с экранов федеральных каналов. Эти лица долгие...

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