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Mark Twain

Read through the most famous quotes from Mark Twain




The worst loneliness is to not be comfortable with yourself.


— Mark Twain


#self-esteem #comfort

I must have a prodigious amount of mind; it takes me as much as a week, sometimes, to make it up!


— Mark Twain


#humor #mind #humor

Out of all the things I have lost, I miss my mind the most.


— Mark Twain


#lost

Any emotion, if it is sincere, is involuntary.


— Mark Twain


#emotion #involuntary #sincere

Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it.


— Mark Twain


#crushed #fragrance #heel #sheds #violet

If animals could speak, the dog would be a blundering outspoken fellow; but the cat would have the rare grace of never saying a word too much.


— Mark Twain


#cats #dogs #grace #reticence #words

I didn't have time to write a short letter, so I wrote a long one instead.


— Mark Twain


#humor

When angry, count four. When very angry, swear.


— Mark Twain


#anger

The most interesting information come from children, for they tell all they know and then stop.


— Mark Twain


#humor

When we remember we are all mad, the mysteries disappear and life stands explained.


— Mark Twain


#disappear #explained #mad #mysteries #remember






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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