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189 quotes (Page 6 of 8 pages)Say the report is exaggerated.
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So I became a newspaperman. I hated to do it but I couldnt find honest employment.
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Sometimes too much drink is barely enough.
Alcohol and Alcoholism
Mark Twain
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Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress. But I repeat myself.
Politicians and Politics
Mark Twain
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Switzerland is simply a large, lumpy, solid rock with a thin skin of grass stretched over it.
Nations
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
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The human race has but one really affective weapon, and that is laughter.
Laughter
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The lack of money is the root of all evils.
Money
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The man who does not read books has no advantage over the man that can not read them.
Books - Reading
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The man who is ostentatious of his modesty is twin to the statue that wears a fig-leaf.
Modesty
Mark Twain
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The man with a new idea is a crank until the idea succeeds.
Originality
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The most difficult We do not deal in facts when we are contemplating ourselves.
self-esteem
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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 radical invents the views. When he has worn them out, the conservative adopts them.
Conservatives
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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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The rule is perfect: in all matters of opinion our adversaries are insane.
Dissent
Mark Twain
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The secret source of humor itself is not joy but sorrow. There is no humor in heaven.
Humor
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There are German songs which can make a stranger to the language cry.
Music
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There are lies, damned lies, and statistics.
Statistics
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There are many scapegoats for our sins, but the most popular is providence.
Providence
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There are no grades of vanity, there are only grades of ability in concealing it.
Vanity
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There are no people who are quite so vulgar as the over-refined.
Vulgarity
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There are several good protections against temptation, but the surest is cowardice.
Coward and Cowardice
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Research is what I'm doing when I don't know what I'm doing.
[ Research ] Wernher Von Braun