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#1

“The measure of a man is what he does with power.”
― Plato

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#2

“If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything.”
― Mark Twain

tags: lies, lying, memory, truth

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#3

“Good friends, good books, and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.”
― Mark Twain

tags: books, contentment, friends, friendship, life

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#4

“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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#5

“The man who does not read has no advantage over the man who cannot read.”
― Mark Twain

tags: aliteracy, attributed-no-source, literacy

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#6

“Never put off till tomorrow what may be done day after tomorrow just as well.”
― Mark Twain

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#7

“′Classic′ - a book which people praise and don't read.”
― Mark Twain

tags: books, classic, reading

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#8

“I have never let my schooling interfere with my education.”
― Mark Twain

tags: attributed-no-source, education

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#9

“The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.”
― Mark Twain

tags: death, life

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#10

“A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes.”
― Mark Twain

tags: misattributed-mark-twain, truth

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#11

“Never tell the truth to people who are not worthy of it.”
― Mark Twain

tags: truth

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#12

“Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.”
― Mark Twain

tags: greatness

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#13

“Substitute 'damn' every time you're inclined to write 'very;' your editor will delete it and the writing will be just as it should be.”
― Mark Twain

tags: humor, writing

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#14

“Reader, suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress. But I repeat myself.”
― Mark Twain

tags: humor, politics

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#15

“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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#16

“I did not attend his funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it.”
― Mark Twain

tags: classic-insult, funeral, funny, humor

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#17

“God created war so that Americans would learn geography.”
― Mark Twain

tags: americans, geography, war

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#18

“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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#19

“I do not fear death. I had been dead for billions and billions of years before I was born, and had not suffered the slightest inconvenience from it.”
― Mark Twain

tags: death, inspirational

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#20

“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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#21

“Loyalty to country ALWAYS. Loyalty to government, when it deserves it.”
― Mark Twain

tags: patriotism, politics

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#22

“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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#23

“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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