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Mark Twain quotes (2)
21-Dec-2008
Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society.
Dance like no one is watching. Sing like no one is listening. Love like you've never been hurt and live like it's heaven on Earth.
Adam was the only man who, when he said a good thing, knew that nobody had said it before him.
Why shouldn't truth be stranger than fiction? Fiction, after all, has to make sense.
When angry count four; when very angry, swear.
There are several good protections against temptation, but the surest is cowardice.
Most writers regard truth as their most valuable possession, and therefore are most economical in its use.
Never tell the truth to people who are not worthy of it.
I have never let my schooling interfere with my education
Courage is not the lack of fear. It is acting in spite of it.
Grief can take care of itself, but to get the full value of joy you must have somebody to divide it with.
I didn't attend the funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it.
The secret of getting ahead is getting started. The secret of getting start is breaking your complex overwhelming tasks into small>manageable tasks, and then starting on the first one.
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Twain is the master
by American Wife on Mon Dec 22, 2008 11:39 AM PSTof the verbal "put down". He could insult you and you would never know it! A wonderful writer and satirist... what a refreshing read on such a lousey day.
Non-Twain quotes
by Ryszard Antolak on Mon Dec 22, 2008 02:29 AM PSTLiterature has no need of great writers, only of great writing.
The Muse is the only woman who can make a man conceive.
Stupid ideas, written stupidly, are harmless. But beware of stupid ideas written with talent.
The Beautiful is that to which one cannot add, or take, anything away.
Lies are corrections of the Truth.
Geniuses leave no schools behind them.
Those who want to shine have to burn first.
Live the biography you would write for yourself.
There are writers who write and speak quietly, but whose silences are deafening.
Two idiots will never bore each another as much as two educated people.
Whether you throw a stone or a diamond into the water, the ripples are the same.
The only people who can change our maps of the world are explorers and bad printers.
The Devil never sleeps….with just anyone.
Some people’s lives are one long journey from Sodom…. to Gomorrah.
Truth is always naked: no wonder people divert their eyes from it out of prudery.
Lies always sound more logical than the Truth.
Even the most beautiful legs have to end somewhere.
Those who fall madly in love were already a little mad before they fell in love.
Nothing is able to move a man more than the tears of a woman he has begun to love; and nothing irritates a man more than the tears of a woman whom he has stopped loving.
I suffer therefore I am.
There is no need to hurry: wisdom always arrives late.
Some people dedicate their entire lives to digestion.
Soon, no-one will ever be forgotten; everyone will become a statistic.