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It is curious that physical courage should be so common in the world, and moral courage so rare.
Courage
Mark Twain

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It is nobler to be good, and it is nobler to teach others to be good -- and less trouble!
Aristocracy
Mark Twain

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It was the schoolboy who said, Faith is believing what you know ain't so.
Faith
Mark Twain

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Let us be thankful for the fools. But for them the rest of us could not succeed.
Success
Mark Twain

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Let us endeavor so to live that when we come to die even the undertaker will be sorry.
Death and Dying
Mark Twain

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Let us so live that when we come to die even the undertaker will be sorry.
Life and Living
Mark Twain

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Man is the only animal that blushes -- or needs to.
Blush
Mark Twain

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My books are water; those of the great geniuses are wine -- everybody drinks water.
Books - Reading
Mark Twain

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My mother had a great deal of trouble with me, but I think she enjoyed it.
Mothers
Mark Twain

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Nothing so needs reforming as other people's habits.
Reform
Mark Twain

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Obscurity and competence: That is the life that is worth living.
Obscurity
Mark Twain

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One of the striking differences between a cat and a lie is that the cat has only nine lives.
Lies and Lying
Mark Twain

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Out of the unconscious lips of babes and sucklings are we satirized.
Sarcasm
Mark Twain

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Prosperity is the best protector of principle.
Principles
Mark Twain

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Prosperity is the surest breeder of insolence I know.
Prosperity
Mark Twain

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Public opinion is held in reverence. It settles everything. Some think it is the voice of God.
Opinions
Mark Twain

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Put all your eggs in one basket and then watch that basket.
Caution
Mark Twain

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Sacred cows make the best hamburger.
Customers
Mark Twain

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Temperate temperance is best; intemperate temperance injures the cause of temperance.
Moderation
Mark Twain

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

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The cross of the Legion of Honor has been conferred on me. However, few escape that distinction.
Awards
Mark Twain

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The human race has but one really affective weapon, and that is laughter.
Laughter
Mark Twain

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The man who does not read books has no advantage over the man that can not read them.
Books - Reading
Mark Twain

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The public is the only critic whose opinion is worth anything at all.
Critics and Criticism
Mark Twain

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The right word may be effective, but no word was ever as effective as a rightly timed pause.
Words
Mark Twain

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Research is what I'm doing when I don't know what I'm doing.
[ Research ] Wernher Von Braun