Mark Twain quotes - page 19

It's spring fever. That is what the name of it is. And when you've got it, you want-oh, you don't quite know what it is you do want, but it just fairly makes your heart ache, you want it so! (Mark Twain)
Distance lends enchantment to the view. View quote
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Honesty: The best of all the lost arts. View quote
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While the rest of the species is descended from apes, redheads are descended from cats. View quote
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I take my only exercise acting as pallbearer at the funerals of my friends who exercised regularly. View quote
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The radical invents the views. When he has worn them out the conservative adopts them. View quote
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Explaining humor is a lot like dissecting a frog, you learn a lot in the process, but in the end you kill it. View quote
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If books are not good company, where shall I find it? View quote
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I always take Scotch whiskey at night as a preventive of toothache. I have never had the toothache; and what is more, I never intend to have it. View quote
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When in doubt tell the truth. It will confound your enemies and astound your friends. View quote
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If we would learn what the human race really is at bottom, we need only observe it in election times. (Mark Twain)
Plain question and plain answer make the shortest road out of most perplexities. View quote
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Every person is a book, each year a chapter. View quote
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The only difference between reality and fiction is that fiction needs to be credible. View quote
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Never be haughty to the humble, never be humble to the haughty. View quote
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High and fine literature is wine, and mine is only water; but everybody likes water. View quote
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The source of all humor is not laughter, but sorrow. View quote
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She remained both girl and woman to the last day of her life. Under a grave and gentle exterior burned inextinguishable fires of sympathy, energy, devotion, enthusiasm, and absolutely limitless affection. View quote
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A few fly bites cannot stop a spirited horse. View quote
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Use the right word, not its second cousin. View quote
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They did not know it was impossible so they did it. (Mark Twain)
It is better to be alone than unwelcome. - Eve. View quote
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Never have a battle of wits with an unarmed person. View quote
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Focus more on your desire than on your doubt, and the dream will take care of itself. View quote
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Sometimes you gwyne to git hurt, en sometimes you gwyne to git sick; but every time you's gwyne to git well agin. View quote
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