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“I've lived through some terrible things in my life, some of which actually happened.”
― Mark Twain

tags: humor

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“When I was poor and complained about inequality they said I was bitter; now that I'm rich and I complain about inequality they say I'm a hypocrite. I'm beginning to think they just don't want to talk about inequality.”
― Russell Brand

tags: humor, political

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#3

“The only thing more dangerous than an idea is a belief. And by dangerous I don't mean thought-provoking. I mean: might get people killed.”
― Sarah Vowell, The Wordy Shipmates

tags: belief-folly, morality, religion, religious-extremism

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#4

“Adam was but human—this explains it all. He did not want the apple for the apple's sake, he wanted it only because it was forbidden. The mistake was in not forbidding the serpent; then he would have eaten the serpent.”
― Mark Twain, Pudd'nhead Wilson

tags: censorship, fallibility, humor, sin

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#5

“Quotation is a serviceable substitute for wit.”
― Oscar Wilde

tags: intelligence, quotation, wit

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#6

“I believe there is something out there watching us. Unfortunately, it's the government.”
― Woody Allen

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#7

“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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#8

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

tags: books, classic, reading

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#9

“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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#10

“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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#11

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

tags: americans, geography, war

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#12

“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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#13

“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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#14

“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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#15

“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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#16

“The worst loneliness is to not be comfortable with yourself.”
― Mark Twain

tags: self-acceptance, self-esteem

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#17

“History doesn't repeat itself, but it does rhyme.”
― Mark Twain

tags: history

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#18

“Always acknowledge a fault. This will throw those in authority off their guard and give you an opportunity to commit more.”
― Mark Twain

tags: advice-for-daily-living, rake

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#19

“It's easier to fool people than to convince them that they have been fooled.”
― Mark Twain

tags: misattributed-to-mark-twain, quote-investigator

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#20

“Training is everything. The peach was once a bitter almond; cauliflower is nothing but cabbage with a college education.”
― Mark Twain

tags: education, food

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#21

“Politicians and diapers must be changed often, and for the same reason.”
― Mark Twain (Author)

tags: politics

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#22

“He who asks is a fool for five minutes, but he who does not ask remains a fool forever.”
― Mark Twain

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#23

“I can teach anybody how to get what they want out of life. The problem is that I can't find anybody who can tell me what they want.”
― Mark Twain

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#24

“The lack of money is the root of all evil.”
― Mark Twain

tags: humor

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#25

“A gentleman is someone who knows how to play the banjo and doesn't.”
― Mark Twain

tags: music

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#26

“It usually takes me two or three days to prepare an impromptu speech.”
― Mark Twain

tags: humor, preparedness

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#27

“The less there is to justify a traditional custom, the harder it is to get rid of it”
― Mark Twain, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

tags: inertia, tradition

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#28

“I can last two months on a good compliment.”
― Mark Twain

tags: humor, self-realization

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#29

“The only difference between a tax man and a taxidermist is that the taxidermist leaves the skin.”
― Mark Twain

tags: humor-taxes

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#30

“Nature knows no indecencies; man invents them.”
― Mark Twain

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