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There are no grades of vanity, there are only grades of ability in concealing it.
Vanity
Mark Twain

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There are no people who are quite so vulgar as the over-refined.
Vulgarity
Mark Twain

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Thousands of geniuses live and die undiscovered -- either by themselves or by others.
Genius
Mark Twain

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Thunder is impressive, but it is lightning that does the work.
Work
Mark Twain

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To stop smoking is the easiest thing I ever did. I ought to know; I've done it a thousand times.
Habit
Mark Twain

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To succeed in the other trades, capacity must be shown; in the law, concealment of it will do.
Law and Lawyers
Mark Twain

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Truth is neither alive nor dead; it just aggravates itself all the time.
Truth
Mark Twain

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Under certain circumstances, profanity provides a relief denied even to prayer.
Prayer
Mark Twain

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We are discreet sheep; we wait to see how the drove is going, and then go with the drove.
Conformity
Mark Twain

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We like a man to come right out and say what he thinks, if we agree with him.
Thoughts and Thinking
Mark Twain

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What a good thing Adam had. When he said a good thing, he knew nobody had said it before.
Plagiarism
Mark Twain

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When I was younger, I could remember anything, whether it had happened or not.
Memory
Mark Twain

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When one has tasted it [Watermelon] he knows what the angels eat.
Food and Eating
Mark Twain

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When you ascend the hill of prosperity, may you not meet a friend.
Prosperity
Mark Twain

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When your friends begin to flatter you on how young you look, it's a sure sign you're getting old.
Age and Aging
Mark Twain

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Whenever you find that you are on the side of the majority, it is time to reform.
Majority
Mark Twain

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Work and play are words used to describe the same thing under differing conditions.
Work
Mark Twain

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You perceive I generalize with intrepidity from single instances. It is the tourist's custom.
Travel and Tourism
Mark Twain

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Learn to listen. Opportunity could be knocking at your door very softly.
Listening
Frank Tyger

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Opportunity's favorite disguise is trouble.
Trouble
Frank Tyger

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Professionalism is knowing how to do it, when to do it, and doing it.
Professions and Professionals
Frank Tyger

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Swallow your pride occasionally, it's not fattening.
Pride
Frank Tyger

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A critic is a man who knows the way, but can't drive the car.
Critics and Criticism
Kenneth Tynan

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Art is parasitic on life, just as criticism is parasitic on art.
Arts and Artists
Kenneth Tynan

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The rest, called literature, is a dossier of human imbecility for the guidance of future professors.
Literature
Tristan Tzara

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