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Famous Mark Twain Quotes
“[The Bible is] a mass of fables and traditions, mere mythology.”
“Sacred cows make the best hamburger.”
“We should be careful to get out of an experience only the wisdom that is in it - and stop there.”
“I have been an author for 20 years and an ass for 55.”
“Nothing spoils a good story like the arrival of an eyewitness.”
“That optimist of yours is always ready to turn hell's backyard into a play-ground.”
“...fry me an optimist for breakfast.”
“Optimist: day dreamer more elegantly spelled.”
“Optimist: day-dreamer in his small clothes.”
“The trouble with most of us is that we know too much that ain't so.”
“Nothing is so ignorant as a man's left hand, except a lady's watch.”
“The ignorant are afraid to betray surprise or admiration...they think it ill manners.”
“...ignorant as the unborne babe! ignorant as unborn twins!”
“We never knew an ignorant person yet but was prejudiced.”
“...one should be gentle with the ignorant, for they are the chosen of God.”
“It may be called the Master Passion, the hunger for self-approval.”
“One mustn't criticize other people on grounds where he can't stand perpendicular himself”
“All you drunkards: Put down the intoxicating Vanity Metrics.”
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“Don't live in the past, don't ponder about the future, stay at the PRESENT moment NOW...always.”
“And what is a man without energy? Nothing - nothing at all.”
“Virtue has never been as respectable as money.”
“People are much more willing to lend you books than bookcases.”