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    Mark Twain
    “Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to reform (or pause and reflect).”
    ― Mark Twain
    tags: individuality, majority, minority, pause, reflect, wisdom
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    Mark Twain
    “Never put off till tomorrow what may be done day after tomorrow just as well.”
    ― Mark Twain
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    Markus Herz
    “Be careful about reading health books. Some fine day you'll die of a misprint.”
    ― Markus Herz
    tags: books, health, humor, misattributed-mark-twain, misprints
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    Mark Twain
    “Don’t go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first.”
    ― Mark Twain
    tags: living, world
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    Mark Twain
    “But who prays for Satan? Who, in eighteen centuries, has had the common humanity to pray for the one sinner that needed it most?”
    ― Mark Twain
    tags: humor-satan
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    Mark Twain
    “I was gratified to be able to answer promptly, and I did. I said I didn’t know.”
    ― Mark Twain
    tags: humor, knowledge
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  • #7
    Mark Twain
    “God created war so that Americans would learn geography.”
    ― Mark Twain
    tags: americans, geography, war
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    Mark Twain
    “Truth is stranger than fiction, but it is because Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities; Truth isn't.”
    ― Mark Twain, Following the Equator: A Journey Around the World
    tags: books, truth
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    Mark Twain
    “Books are for people who wish they were somewhere else.”
    ― Mark Twain
    tags: books-reading
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  • #10
    Mark Twain
    “Don't part with your illusions. When they are gone you may still exist, but you have ceased to live.”
    ― Mark Twain
    tags: illusions, life
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  • #11
    Mark Twain
    “Always do what is right. It will gratify half of mankind and astound the other.”
    ― Mark Twain
    tags: morals
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    Mark Twain
    “The trouble is not in dying for a friend, but in finding a friend worth dying for.”
    ― Mark Twain
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    Mark Twain
    “If you don't read the newspaper, you're uninformed. If you read the newspaper, you're mis-informed.”
    ― Mark Twain
    tags: misattributed-mark-twain, newspapers
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    Mark Twain
    “I've lived through some terrible things in my life, some of which actually happened.”
    ― Mark Twain
    tags: humor
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  • #15
    Mark Twain
    “The best way to cheer yourself is to try to cheer someone else up.”
    ― Mark Twain
    tags: happiness
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  • #16
    Mark Twain
    “Kindness is a language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.”
    ― Mark Twain
    tags: inspirational, kindness
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  • #17
    Mark Twain
    “The secret to getting ahead is getting started.”
    ― Mark Twain
    tags: starting, working
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    Mark Twain
    “A banker is a fellow who lends you his umbrella when the sun is shining, but wants it back the minute it begins to rain.”
    ― Mark Twain
    tags: bank, bankers, humor
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    Mark Twain
    “A clear conscience is the sure sign of a bad memory.”
    ― Mark Twain
    tags: conscience, humor, memory
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    Mark Twain
    “When I was a boy of 14, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be 21, I was astonished at how much the old man had learned in seven years.”
    ― Mark Twain
    tags: arrogance, humor, ignorance
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    Mark Twain
    “It is curious that physical courage should be so common in the world and moral courage so rare.”
    ― Mark Twain
    tags: bravery, character, courage, moral-courage
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  • #22
    Agatha Christie
    “Poirot," I said. "I have been thinking."
    "An admirable exercise my friend. Continue it.”
    ― Agatha Christie, Peril at End House
    tags: humor, thinking
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    Agatha Christie
    “The best time for planning a book is while you're doing the dishes. ”
    ― Agatha Christie
    tags: writing
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    J.K. Rowling
    “If you want to know what a man's like, take a good look at how he treats his inferiors, not his equals.”
    ― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
    tags: charles-bayard-mitchell
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  • #25
    It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our
    “It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.”
    ― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
    tags: abilities
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  • #26
    J.K. Rowling
    “Of course it is happening inside your head, Harry, but why on earth should that mean that it is not real?”
    ― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
    tags: dumbledore
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  • #27
    J.K. Rowling
    “It matters not what someone is born, but what they grow to be.”
    ― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
    tags: dumbledore
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    J.K. Rowling
    “Do not pity the dead, Harry. Pity the living, and, above all those who live without love.”
    ― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
    tags: live-death-love
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    J.K. Rowling
    “Do you remember me telling you we are practicing non-verbal spells, Potter?"
    "Yes," said Harry stiffly.
    "Yes, sir."
    "There's no need to call me "sir" Professor."
    The words had escaped him before he knew what he was saying.”
    ― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
    tags: humor, rebellion, sarcasm
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  • #30
    J.K. Rowling
    “Numbing the pain for a while will make it worse when you finally feel it.”
    ― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
    tags: pain
    13964 likes



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