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Mark Twain

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Wit is the sudden marriage of ideas which before their union were not perceived to have any relation.


— Mark Twain


#before #ideas #marriage #perceived #relation

I don't see any use in having a uniform and arbitrary way of spelling words. We might as well make all clothes alike and cook all dishes alike. Sameness is tiresome; variety is pleasing.


— Mark Twain


#cooking

Nothing exists but you. And you are but a thought.


— Mark Twain


#inspirational #inspirational

One frequently only finds out how really beautiful a women is, until after considerable acquaintance with her.


— Mark Twain


#love #men-and-women #beauty

The proper office of a friend is to side with you when you are in the wrong. Nearly anybody will side with you when you are in the right.


— Mark Twain


#humor

The rule is perfect: in all matters of opinion our adversaries are insane.


— Mark Twain


#insane #matters #opinion #our #perfect

That's the difference between governments and individuals. Governments don't care, individuals do.


— Mark Twain


#freedom

A few fly bites cannot stop a spirited horse.


— Mark Twain


#determination #horse #perseverance #spirited #perseverance

To believe yourself brave is to be brave; it is the one only essential thing.


— Mark Twain


#wisdom #bravery

Now he found out a new thing--namely, that to promise not to do a thing is the surest way in the world to make a body want to go and do that very thing.


— Mark Twain


#nature






About Mark Twain

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But I have thought some more since then and I have read carefully the treaty of Paris [which ended the Spanish-American War] and I have seen that we do not intend to free but to subjugate the people of the Philippines. There were three versions found in his manuscripts made between 1897 and 1905: the Hannibal Eseldorf and Print Shop versions. He did state that "the goodness the justice and the mercy of God are manifested in His works" but also that "the universe is governed by strict and immutable laws" which determine "small matters" such as who dies in a pestilence.

Twain chose to pay all his pre-bankruptcy creditors in full though he had no responsibility to do this under the law. He also worked as a typesetter and contributed articles to his older brother Orion's newspaper. He achieved great success as a writer and public speaker.

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