Mark Twain quotes - page 2

Don't part with your illusions. When they are gone, you may still exist, but you have ceased to live. (Mark Twain)
One learns peoples through the heart, not the eyes or the intellect. View quote
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The main difference between a cat and a lie is that a cat only has nine lives. View quote
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The secret to getting ahead is getting started. View quote
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The human race has one really effective weapon, and that is laughter. View quote
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Out of all the things I have lost, I miss my mind the most. View quote
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The difference between the right word and the almost right word is the difference between lightning and a lightning bug. View quote
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The best way to cheer yourself is to cheer up somebody else. View quote
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Never put off till tomorrow what may be done day after tomorrow just as well. View quote
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The reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated. View quote
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I've never let my school interfere with my education. (Mark Twain)
Man is the only animal that blushes - or needs to. View quote
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Honesty is the best policy - when there is money in it. View quote
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Don't go around thinking the world owes you a living. It was here first. View quote
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The secret source of humor is not joy but sorrow; there is no humor in Heaven. View quote
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To cease smoking is the easiest thing I ever did. I ought to know because I've done it a thousand times. View quote
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Suppose you were an idiot, and suppose you were a member of Congress; but I repeat myself. View quote
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Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society. View quote
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When people do not respect us we are sharply offended; yet in his private heart no man much respects himself. View quote
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You can't depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus. View quote
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Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear - not absence of fear. (Mark Twain)
When angry, count to four; when very angry, swear. View quote
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The man who is a pessimist before 48 knows too much; if he is an optimist after it he knows too little. View quote
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"Classic." A book which people praise and don't read. View quote
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A banker is a fellow who lends you his umbrella when the sun is shining, but wants it back the minute it begins to rain. View quote
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Mark Twain

Occupation: American Author
Born: November 30, 1835
Died: April 21, 1910
Quotes count: 1199
Wikipedia: Mark Twain

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