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His Quotes by Mark Twain
- Ideally a book would have no order to it, and the reader would have to discover his own.
- 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.
- A man cannot be comfortable without his own approval.
- A round man cannot be expected to fit in a square hole right away. He must have time to modify his shape.
- It is just like man's vanity and impertinence to call an animal dumb because it is dumb to his dull perceptions.
- When a person cannot deceive himself the chances are against his being able to deceive other people.
- The wit knows that his place is at the tail of a procession.
- Often it does seem such a pity that Noah and his party did not miss the boat.
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