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Letter "M" » Mark Twain Quotes
«The fact that man knows right from wrong proves his intellectual superiority to other creatures; but the fact that he can do wrong proves his moral inferiority to any creature that cannot.»
Author: Mark Twain
(Humorist, Lecturer, Writer)
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«While the rest of the species is descended from apes, redheads are descended from cats.»
«A successful book is not made of what is in it, but what is left out of it»
«Familiarity breeds contempt. How accurate that is. The reason we hold truth in such respect is because we have so little opportunity to get familiar with it.»
Author: Mark Twain
(Humorist, Lecturer, Writer)
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«No one is willing to acknowledge a fault in himself when a more agreeable motive can be found for the estrangement of his acquaintances»
Author: Mark Twain
(Humorist, Lecturer, Writer)
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«Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it.»
Author: Mark Twain
(Humorist, Lecturer, Writer)
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Forgiveness
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«Of all the things I've lost, I miss my mind the most»
«Kindness is a language which the deaf can hear, and the blind can read»
«The public is the only critic whose opinion is worth anything at all»
«Climate is what we expect, weather is what we get.»
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