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I have a higher and grander standard of principle than George Washington. He could not lie; I can, but I won't.: Mark Twain (1835 - 1910)
Let us be thankful for the fools. But for them the rest of us could not succeed.: Mark Twain (1835 - 1910)
Of all the animals, man is the only one that is cruel. He is the only one that inflicts pain for the pleasure of doing it.: Mark Twain (1835 - 1910), "The Lowest Animal"
Of all the creatures that were made, man is the most detestable. Of the entire brood he is the only one--the solitary one--that possesses malice. That is the basest of all instincts, passions, vices--the most hateful. He is the only creature that has pain for sport, knowing it to be pain. Also--in all the list he is the only creature that has a nasty mind.: Mark Twain (1835 - 1910), Mark Twain's Autobiography
New Orleans food is as delicious as the less criminal forms of sin.: Mark Twain (1835 - 1910)
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We have not the reverent feeling for the rainbow that a savage has, because we know how it is made. We have lost as much as we gained by prying into that matter.: Mark Twain (1835 - 1910), A Tramp Abroad, vol. 2, 1879
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I was seldom able to see an opportunity until it had ceased to be one.: Mark Twain (1835 - 1910)
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The first half of life consists of the capacity to enjoy without the the chance; the last half consists of the chance without the capacity.: Mark Twain (1835 - 1910)
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Men write many fine and plausible arguments in support of monarchy, but the fact remains that where every man has a voice, brutal laws are impossible.: Mark Twain (1835 - 1910)
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I asked tom if countries always apologize when they had done wrong, and he says, 'Yes, the little one does.': Mark Twain (1835 - 1910), Tom Sawyer Abroad, 1894

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