Mark Twain Quotes

• The more things are forbidden, the more popular they become.

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• The man who is a pessimist before 48 knows too much; if he is an optimist after it, he knows too little.

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• The main difference between a cat and a lie is that a cat only has nine lives.

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• The human race is a race of cowards; and I am not only marching in that procession but carrying a banner.

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• The human race has one really effective weapon, and that is laughter.

  Mark Twain

• The first of April is the day we remember what we are the other 364 days of the year.

  Mark Twain

• The finest clothing made is a person’s own skin, but, of course, society demands something more than this.

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• The educated Southerner has no use for an ‘R’, except at the beginning of a word.

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• The Christian’s Bible is a drug store. Its contents remain the same, but the medical practice changes.

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• Often it does seem a pity that Noah and his party did not miss the boat.

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• Soap and education are not as sudden as a massacre, but they are more deadly in the long run.

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• Prophesy is a good line of business, but it is full of risks.

  Mark Twain

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• Part of the secret of a success in life is to eat what you like and let the food fight it out inside.

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• Only one thing is impossible for God: To find any sense in any copyright law on the planet.

  Mark Twain

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• Only kings, presidents, editors, and people with tapeworms have the right to use the editorial “we.”

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• One of the most striking differences between a cat and a lie is that a cat has only nine lives.

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• No sinner is ever saved after the first twenty minutes of a sermon.

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• Necessity is the mother of taking chances.

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• Martyrdom covers a multitude of sins.

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• Man will do many things to get himself loved, he will do all things to get himself envied.

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Mark Twain (414)

Birth:	30th November, 1835
Death:	21st April, 1910
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Author, Humanist, Lecturer, Writer

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