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Been Quotes by Mark Twain
- We have not all had the good fortune to be ladies. We have not all been generals, or poets, or statesmen; but when the toast…
- There has been much tragedy in my life; at least half of it actually happened.
- Look at you in war...There has never been a just one, never an honorable one, on the part of the instigator of the war.
- The house was as empty as a beer closet in premises where painters have been at work.
- In forgiving, people are not being asked to forget. On the contrary, it is important to remember, so that we should not let such atrocities…
- It was not that Adam ate the apple for the apple's sake, but because it was forbidden. It would have been better for us-oh infinitely…
- Is a person's public and private opinion the same? It is thought there have been instances.
- There has been only one Christian. They caught and curcified him-early.
- All my life I have been honest-comparatively honest. I could never use money I had not made honestly-I could only lend it.
- I have been scientifically studying the traits and dispositions of the "lower animals" (so-called,) and contrasting them with the traits and dispositions of man. I…
- In God We Trust. It is the choicest compliment that has ever been paid us, and the most gratifying to our feelings. It is simple,…
- Jesus died to save men - a small thing for an immortal to do - and didn't save many, anyway. But if he had been…
- I have been an author for 20 years and an ass for 55.
- Virtue has never been as respectable as money.
- There is only one expert who is qualified to examine the souls and the life of a people and make a valuable report - the…
- The weakest of all weak things is a virtue that has not been tested in the fire.
- If the bubble reputation can be obtained only at the cannon's mouth, I am willing to go there for it, provided the cannon is empty.…
- I conceive that the right way to write a story for boys is to write so that it will not only interest boys but strongly…
- Man is the only slave. And he is the only animal who enslaves. He has always been a slave in one form or another, and…
- I have been born more times than anybody except Krishna.
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