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Mark Twain Quotes

I don’t know of a single foreign product that enters this country untaxed, except the answer to prayer Picture Quote #1

I believe I have no prejudices whatsoever. All I need to know is that a man is a member of the human race. That’s bad enough for me Picture Quote #1

I could have become a soldier if I had waited; I knew more about retreating than the man who invented retreating Picture Quote #1

I could never learn to like her, except on a raft at sea with no other provisions in sight Picture Quote #1

In the real world, nothing happens at the right place at the right time. It is the job of journalists and historians to correct that Picture Quote #1

I know all those people. I have friendly, social, and criminal relations with the whole lot of them Picture Quote #1

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If there was two birds sitting on a fence, he would bet you which one would fly first Picture Quote #1

It is a mistake that there is no bath that will cure people’s manners, but drowning would help Picture Quote #1

It is a good idea to obey all the rules when you’re young just so you’ll have the strength to break them when you’re old Picture Quote #1

It isn’t safe to sit in judgment upon another person’s illusion when you are not on the inside. While you are thinking it is a dream, he may be knowing it is a planet Picture Quote #1

Now what I contend is that my body is my own, at least I have always so regarded it. If I do harm through my experimenting with it, it is I who suffer, not the state Picture Quote #1

Let us consider that we are all partially insane. It will explain us to each other; it will unriddle many riddles; it will make clear and simple many things which are involved in haunting and harassing difficulties and obscurities now Picture Quote #1

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One may make their house a palace of sham, or they can make it a home, a refuge Picture Quote #1

On with dance, let joy be unconfined, is my motto; whether there’s any dance to dance or any joy to unconfined Picture Quote #1

Of the delights of this world, man cares most for sexual intercourse, yet he has left it out of his heaven Picture Quote #1

Switzerland is simply a large, lumpy, solid rock with a thin skin of grass stretched over it Picture Quote #1

The miracle or the power that elevates the few is to be found in their industry, application and perseverance under the promptings of a brave, determined spirit Picture Quote #1

The gentle reader will never, never know what a consummate ass he can become until he goes abroad Picture Quote #1

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The church is always trying to get other people to reform, it might not be a bad idea to reform itself a little, by way of example Picture Quote #1

The human race was always interesting and we know by its past that it will always continue so, monotonously Picture Quote #1

The radical of one century is the conservative of the next. The radical invents the views. When he has worn them out, the conservative adopt Picture Quote #1

The highest perfection of politeness is only a beautiful edifice, built, from the base to the dome, of ungraceful and gilded forms of charitable and unselfish lying Picture Quote #1

The older we grow the greater becomes our wonder at how much ignorance one can contain without bursting one’s clothes Picture Quote #1

The way it is now, the asylums can hold the sane people, but if we tried to shut up the insane we should run out of building materials Picture Quote #1

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The waves most washed me off the raft sometimes, but I hadn’t any clothes on, and didn’t mind Picture Quote #1

To arrive at a just estimate of a renowned man’s character one must judge it by the standards of his time, not ours Picture Quote #1

We are always too busy for our children; we never give them the time or interest they deserve. We lavish gifts upon them; but the most precious gift, our personal association, which means so much to them, we give grudgingly Picture Quote #1

We have not all had the good fortune to be ladies. We have not all been generals, or poets, or statesmen; but when the toast works down to the babies, we stand on common ground Picture Quote #1

We are discreet sheep; we wait to see how the drove is going, and then go with the drove Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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I don’t know of a single foreign product that enters this country untaxed, except the answer to prayer (Mark Twain Quotes) I believe I have no prejudices whatsoever. All I need to know is that a man is a member of the human race. That’s bad enough for me (Mark Twain Quotes) I could have become a soldier if I had waited; I knew more about retreating than the man who invented retreating (Mark Twain Quotes) I could never learn to like her, except on a raft at sea with no other provisions in sight (Mark Twain Quotes) In the real world, nothing happens at the right place at the right time. It is the job of journalists and historians to correct that (Mark Twain Quotes) I know all those people. I have friendly, social, and criminal relations with the whole lot of them (Mark Twain Quotes) If there was two birds sitting on a fence, he would bet you which one would fly first (Mark Twain Quotes) It is a mistake that there is no bath that will cure people’s manners, but drowning would help (Mark Twain Quotes) It is a good idea to obey all the rules when you’re young just so you’ll have the strength to break them when you’re old (Mark Twain Quotes) It isn’t safe to sit in judgment upon another person’s illusion when you are not on the inside. While you are thinking it is a dream, he may be knowing it is a planet (Mark Twain Quotes) Now what I contend is that my body is my own, at least I have always so regarded it. If I do harm through my experimenting with it, it is I who suffer, not the state (Mark Twain Quotes) Let us consider that we are all partially insane. It will explain us to each other; it will unriddle many riddles; it will make clear and simple many things which are involved in haunting and harassing difficulties and obscurities now (Mark Twain Quotes) One may make their house a palace of sham, or they can make it a home, a refuge (Mark Twain Quotes) On with dance, let joy be unconfined, is my motto; whether there’s any dance to dance or any joy to unconfined (Mark Twain Quotes) Of the delights of this world, man cares most for sexual intercourse, yet he has left it out of his heaven (Mark Twain Quotes) Switzerland is simply a large, lumpy, solid rock with a thin skin of grass stretched over it (Mark Twain Quotes) The miracle or the power that elevates the few is to be found in their industry, application and perseverance under the promptings of a brave, determined spirit (Mark Twain Quotes) The gentle reader will never, never know what a consummate ass he can become until he goes abroad (Mark Twain Quotes) The church is always trying to get other people to reform, it might not be a bad idea to reform itself a little, by way of example (Mark Twain Quotes) The human race was always interesting and we know by its past that it will always continue so, monotonously (Mark Twain Quotes) The radical of one century is the conservative of the next. The radical invents the views. When he has worn them out, the conservative adopt (Mark Twain Quotes) The highest perfection of politeness is only a beautiful edifice, built, from the base to the dome, of ungraceful and gilded forms of charitable and unselfish lying (Mark Twain Quotes) The older we grow the greater becomes our wonder at how much ignorance one can contain without bursting one’s clothes (Mark Twain Quotes) The way it is now, the asylums can hold the sane people, but if we tried to shut up the insane we should run out of building materials (Mark Twain Quotes) The waves most washed me off the raft sometimes, but I hadn’t any clothes on, and didn’t mind (Mark Twain Quotes) To arrive at a just estimate of a renowned man’s character one must judge it by the standards of his time, not ours (Mark Twain Quotes) We are always too busy for our children; we never give them the time or interest they deserve. We lavish gifts upon them; but the most precious gift, our personal association, which means so much to them, we give grudgingly (Mark Twain Quotes) We have not all had the good fortune to be ladies. We have not all been generals, or poets, or statesmen; but when the toast works down to the babies, we stand on common ground (Mark Twain Quotes) We are discreet sheep; we wait to see how the drove is going, and then go with the drove (Mark Twain Quotes) 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 Quotes)

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