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Consider well the proportion o...

Consider well the proportion of things. It is better to be a young June bug, than an old bird of paradise. -Mark Twain.

Mark Twain 2884 quotes

We should be careful to get ou...

We should be careful to get out of an experience only the wisdom that is in it - and stop there; lest we be like the cat that sits down on a hot stove lid. She will never sit on a hot stove lid again - and that is well; but also she will never sit down on a cold one anymore. -Mark Twain.

Mark Twain 2884 quotes

When I was a boy of 14, my fat...

When I was a boy of 14, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be 21, I was astonished at how much the old man had learned in seven years.

Mark Twain 2884 quotes

Keep away from people who try ...

Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great ones make you feel that you, too, can become great.

Mark Twain 2884 quotes

If you tell the truth, you don...

If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything.

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The best way to cheer yourself...

The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up.

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The first half of life consist...

The first half of life consists of the capacity to enjoy without the chance; the last half consists of the chance without the capacity. -Mark Twain.

Mark Twain 2884 quotes

History teaches us that whenev...

History teaches us that whenever a weak and ignorant people possess a thing which a strong and enlightened people want, it must be yielded up peaceably.

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By trying we can easily learn ...

By trying we can easily learn to endure adversity--another man's I mean.

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When angry, count to four; whe...

When angry, count to four; when very angry, swear.

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The man who does not read good...

The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who can't read them.

Mark Twain 2884 quotes

My books are water; those of t...

My books are water; those of the great geniuses are wine--everybody drinks water.

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A classic is something that ev...

A classic is something that everybody wants to have read and nobody wants to read.

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Civilization is a limitless mu...

Civilization is a limitless multiplication of unnecessary necessities.

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If you can't get a compliment ...

If you can't get a compliment any other way, pay yourself one.

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I have been complimented many ...

I have been complimented many times and they always embarrass me; I always feel that they have not said enough.

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There is something fascinating...

There is something fascinating about science. One gets such wholesale returns of conjecture out of such a trifling investment of fact.

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Whenever you find yourself on ...

Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.

Mark Twain 2884 quotes

We are discreet sheep; we wait...

We are discreet sheep; we wait to see how the drove is going, and then go with the drove.

Mark Twain 2884 quotes

A good memory and a tongue tie...

A good memory and a tongue tied in the middle is a combination which gives immortality to conversation.

Mark Twain 2884 quotes

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