American - Author | November 30, 1835 - April 21, 1910
Water, taken in moderation, cannot hurt anybody.
Mark Twain
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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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It was wonderful to find America, but it would have been more wonderful to miss it.
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Civilization is the limitless multiplication of unnecessary necessities.
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Biographies are but the clothes and buttons of the man. The biography of the man himself cannot be written.
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Never pick a fight with people who buy ink by the barrel.
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The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who cannot read them.
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Education consists mainly of what we have unlearned.
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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.
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The secret source of humor is not joy but sorrow; there is no humor in Heaven.
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It put our energies to sleep and made visionaries of us - dreamers and indolent... It is good to begin life poor; it is good to begin life rich - these are wholesome; but to begin it prospectively rich! The man who has not experienced it cannot imagine the curse of it.
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Don't part with your illusions. When they are gone, you may still exist, but you have ceased to live.
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