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Mark Twain

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The human race has one really effective weapon, and that is laughter.


— Mark Twain


#human #human race #laughter #race #really

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.


— Mark Twain


#delete #editor #every #every time #inclined

Don't tell fish stories where the people know you; but particularly, don't tell them where they know the fish.


— Mark Twain


#know #particularly #people #stories #tell

God made the Idiot for practice, and then He made the School Board.


— Mark Twain


#god #idiot #made #practice #school

It ain't those parts of the Bible that I can't understand that bother me, it is the parts that I do understand.


— Mark Twain


#bother #i #i do #me #parts

When angry, count to four; when very angry, swear.


— Mark Twain


#angry #count #four #swear #very

If it's your job to eat a frog, it's best to do it first thing in the morning. And If it's your job to eat two frogs, it's best to eat the biggest one first.


— Mark Twain


#best #biggest #eat #first #first thing

What a wee little part of a person's life are his acts and his words! His real life is led in his head, and is known to none but himself.


— Mark Twain


#head #himself #his #known #led

A round man cannot be expected to fit in a square hole right away. He must have time to modify his shape.


— Mark Twain


#cannot #expected #fit #his #hole

Sometimes too much to drink is barely enough.


— Mark Twain


#barely #drink #enough #much #sometimes






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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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