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

tags: lies, lying, memory, truth

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“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.”
― H. Jackson Brown Jr., P.S. I Love You

tags: actions, disappointed, disappointment, dream, dreams, explore, misattributed-mark-twain, sail

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#3

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

tags: americans, geography, war

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#4

“Never allow someone to be your priority while allowing yourself to be their option.”
― Mark Twain

tags: heartbreak

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#5

“When angry, count four. When very angry, swear.”
― Mark Twain

tags: anger

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#6

“Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it.”
― Mark Twain

tags: definitions, forgiveness

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#7

“If animals could speak, the dog would be a blundering outspoken fellow; but the cat would have the rare grace of never saying a word too much.”
― Mark Twain

tags: animals, cats, dogs, grace, reticence

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#8

“There are many humorous things in the world; among them, the white man's notion that he is less savage than the other savages.”
― Mark Twain, Following the Equator: A Journey Around the World

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#9

“Obscurity and a competence—that is the life that is best worth living.”
― Mark Twain, Notebook

tags: happiness, inspiration, life, wisdom

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#10

“There is a charm about the forbidden that makes it unspeakably desirable.”
― Mark Twain

tags: sin, temptation

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#11

“Of all God's creatures, there is only one that cannot be made slave of the leash. That one is the cat. If man could be crossed with the cat it would improve the man, but it would deteriorate the cat.”
― Mark Twain

tags: cats

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#12

“Eat a live frog first thing in the morning and nothing worse will happen to you the rest of the day.”
― Mark Twain

tags: humor

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#13

“A man cannot be comfortable without his own approval.”
― Mark Twain

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#14

“Necessity is the mother of taking chances.”
― Mark Twain

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#15

“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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#16

“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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#17

“Always do what is right. It will gratify half of mankind and astound the other.”
― Mark Twain

tags: morals

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#18

“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 man.”
― Mark Twain

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#19

“It is not the size of the dog in the fight that counts, but the fight in the dog that wins.”
― Arthur G. Lewis, Stub Ends of Thought and Verse

tags: bravery, dog, famous, inspirational, misattributed-dwight-eisenhower, misattributed-mark-twain, valour

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#20

“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one's lifetime.”
― Mark Twain, The Innocents Abroad / Roughing It

tags: travel

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#21

“Sanity and happiness are an impossible combination.”
― Mark Twain

tags: happiness, sanity

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#22

“Education: the path from cocky ignorance to miserable uncertainty.”
― Mark Twain

tags: education

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#23

“The best way to cheer yourself is to try to cheer someone else up.”
― Mark Twain

tags: happiness

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#24

“Any emotion, if it is sincere, is involuntary.”
― Mark Twain

tags: inspirational

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#25

“Of all the animals, man is the only one that is cruel. He is the only one that inflicts pain for the pleasure of doing it.”
― Mark Twain

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#26

“The secret to getting ahead is getting started.”
― Mark Twain

tags: starting, working

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#27

“Everyone is a moon, and has a dark side which he never shows to anybody.”
― Mark Twain

tags: darkness, human-nature, moon

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#28

“When we remember we are all mad, the mysteries disappear and life stands explained.”
― Mark Twain

tags: humor

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#29

“To get the full value of joy you must have someone to divide it with.”
― Mark Twain

tags: appreciation, companionship, joy

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#30

“All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence; then success is sure. ”
― Mark Twain

tags: humor, success

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