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Himself Quotes by Mark Twain
- Biographies are but the clothes and buttons of the man. The biography of the man himself cannot be written.
- A man is never more truthful than when he acknowledges himself a liar.
- 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…
- When people do not respect us we are sharply offended; yet in his private heart no man much respects himself.
- Man will do many things to get himself loved, he will do all things to get himself envied.
- When a person cannot deceive himself the chances are against his being able to deceive other people.
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