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Mark Twain

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


— Mark Twain


#ever #first #minutes #saved #sermon

Truth is the most valuable thing we have. Let us economize it.


— Mark Twain


#let us #most #thing #truth #truth is

To refuse awards is another way of accepting them with more noise than is normal.


— Mark Twain


#another #another way #awards #more #noise

Work consists of whatever a body is obliged to do. Play consists of whatever a body is not obliged to do.


— Mark Twain


#consists #obliged #play #whatever #work

It usually takes me more than three weeks to prepare a good impromptu speech.


— Mark Twain


#good #impromptu #me #more #prepare

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


— Mark Twain


#envied #get #himself #loved #man

When a person cannot deceive himself the chances are against his being able to deceive other people.


— Mark Twain


#against #being #cannot #chances #deceive

George Washington, as a boy, was ignorant of the commonest accomplishments of youth. He could not even lie.


— Mark Twain


#boy #commonest #could #even #george

Necessity is the mother of taking chances.


— Mark Twain


#mother #necessity #taking #taking chances

Water, taken in moderation, cannot hurt anybody.


— Mark Twain


#cannot #hurt #moderation #taken #water






About Mark Twain

Mark Twain Quotes




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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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