Tag: Mark Twain

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

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The rule is perfect in all matters of opinion our adversaries are insane.

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The secret source of humour itself is not joy, but sorrow. There is no humour in heaven.

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The trouble isn’t that there are too many fools, but that the lightning isn’t distributed right.

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The universal brotherhood of man is our most precious possession.

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The very ink with which history is written is merely fluid prejudice.

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The worst loneliness is not to be comfortable with yourself.

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There are lies, damned lies, and statistics.

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There are people who strictly deprive themselves of each and every eatable, drinkable, and smokable which has in any way acquired a shady reputation. They pay this price for health. And health is all they get for it. How strange it is. It is like paying out your whole fortune for a cow that has gone dry.

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There are several good protections against temptations, but the surest is cowardice.

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