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“Nothing is made in vain, but the fly came near it.”

Quote by Mark Twain

Book:Mark Twain’s Book of Animals

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Mark Twain’s Book of Animals

This book is a compilation of short tales that showcase Twain’s distinctive wit and storytelling ability, focusing on the antics and adventures of a diverse array of animals. more

Author

Mark Twain, born Samuel Langhorne Clemens, was a renowned American author and humorist in the 19th century. His works are characterized by humor, satire, and profound social insight, with notable novels such as 'The Adventures of Tom Sawyer' and 'The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn'. more

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Book:Mark Twain’s Book of Animals

Source: Mark Twain’s Book of Animals

“I have at last, after several months' experience, made up my mind that [New York] is a splendid desert--a domed and steepled solitude, where the stranger is lonely in the midst of a million of his race.”

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Book:Mark Twain Himself: A Pictorial Biography

Source: Mark Twain Himself: A Pictorial Biography

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“A private should preserve a respectful attitude toward his superiors, and should seldom or never proceed so far as to offer suggestions to his general in the field. If the battle is not being conducted to suit him, it is better for him to resign. By the etiquette of war, it is permitted to none below the rank of newspaper correspondent to dictate to the general in the field.”

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Book:Twain: Collected Tales, Sketches, Speeches, and Essays, Volume 1: 1852-1890

Source: Twain: Collected Tales, Sketches, Speeches, and Essays, Volume 1: 1852-1890

“Franklin said once in one of his inspired flights of malignity-- Early to bed and early to rise Make a man healthy and wealth and wise. As if it were any object to a boy to be healthy and wealthy and wise on such terms.”

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“If there is one thing that is really cheerful in the world, it is cheerfulness. I have noticed it often. And I have noticed that when a man is right down cheerful, he is seldom unhappy for the time being. Such is the nature of man.”

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Book:Short Stories And Sketches (Annotated Edition)

Source: Short Stories And Sketches (Annotated Edition)

“What is there in Rome for me to see that others have not seen before me? What is there for me to touch that others have not touched? What is there for me to feel, to learn, to hear, to know, that shall thrill me before it pass to others? What can I discover?--Nothing. Nothing whatsoever. One charm of travel dies here.”

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Source: Gold Miners & Guttersnipes: Tales of California

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