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Mark Twain sayings
 
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A classic is something that everybody wants to have read and nobody has read.
Art and LiteratureWisdom and Ignorance
A man cannot be comfortable without his own approval.
Happiness and Misery
All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence -- and then success is sure.
Success and Failure
Always do right -- this will gratify some and astonish the rest.
Vice and Virtue
Always do right. This will gratify some people and astonish the rest.
Vice and Virtue
Always tell the truth. That way, you don't have to remember what you said.
Vice and Virtue
Be good and you will be lonesome.
Happiness and MiseryVice and Virtue
Everything human is pathetic. The secret source of humor itself is not joy but sorrow.
Happiness and Misery
Facts, or what a man believes to be facts, are delightful... Get your facts first, and then you can distort them as much as you please.
Science and Religion
Few things are harder to put up with than a good example.
Altruism and Cynicism
Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities. Truth isn't.
Art and Literature
Forget and forgive. This is not difficult when properly understood. It means forget inconvenient duties, then forgive yourself for forgetting. By rigid practice and stern determination, it comes easy.
Vice and VirtueWork and Recreation
Good breeding consists of concealing how much we think of ourselves and how little we think of the other person.
Altruism and Cynicism
I am prepared to meet anyone, but whether anyone is prepared for the great ordeal of meeting me is another matter.
Altruism and Cynicism
I don't give a damn for a man that can only spell a word one way.
Art and Literature
I have never let my schooling interfere with my education.
Wisdom and Ignorance
I was gratified to be able to answer promptly. I said, "I don't know."
Wisdom and Ignorance
I'm opposed to millionaires, but it would be dangerous to offer me the position.
Wealth and Poverty
If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous, he will not bite you. This is the principal difference between a dog and a man.
Vice and Virtue
If you tell the truth you don't have to remember anything.
Vice and Virtue
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