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Other Quotes by Mark Twain
- The self taught man seldom knows anything accurately, and he does not know a tenth as much as he could have known if he had…
- I am an anti-imperialist. I am opposed to having the eagle put its talons on any other land.
- Hardly a man in the world has an opinion upon morals, politics or religion which he got otherwise than through his associations and sympathies. Broadly…
- A crime persevered in a thousand centuries ceases to be a crime, and becomes a virtue. This is the law of custom, and custom supersedes…
- 'Don't you worry, and don't you hurry.' I know that phrase by heart, and if all other music should perish out of the world it…
- I could never learn to like her, except on a raft at sea with no other provisions in sight.
- The church is always trying to get other people to reform, it might not be a bad idea to reform itself a little, by way…
- I purpose publishing these Letters here in the world before I return to you. Two editions. One, unedited, for Bible readers and their children; the…
- No God and no religion can survive ridicule. No political church, no nobility, no royalty or other fraud, can face ridicule in a fair field,…
- Strange a God who mouths Golden Rules and forgiveness, then invented hell; who mouths morals to other people and has none Himself; who frowns upon…
- There is no other life; life itself is only a vision and a dream for nothing exists but space and you. If there was an…
- One mustn't criticize other people on grounds where he can't stand perpendicular himself
- It makes one hope and believe that a day will come when, in the eye of the law, literary property will be as sacred as…
- All war must be just the killing of strangers against whom you feel no personal animosity; strangers whom, in other circumstances, you would help if…
- 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…
- Adam and Eve entered the world naked and unashamed - naked and pure-minded. And no descendant of theirs has ever entered it otherwise. All have…
- There's nobody for me to attack in this matter even with soft and gentle ridicule-and I shouldn't ever think of using a grown up weapon…
- If the statistics are right, the Jews constitute but one percent of the human race. It suggests a nebulous dim puff of star dust lost…
- But in this country we have one great privilege which they don't have in other countries. When a thing gets to be absolutely unbearable the…
- A man can be a Christian or a patriot, but he can't legally be a Christian and a patriot - except in the usual way:…
- Word it as softly as you please, the spirit of patriotism is the spirit of the dog and wolf. The moment there is a misunderstanding…
- India has two million gods, and worships them all. In religion all other countries are paupers; India is the only millionaire.
- It is easier for a cannibal to enter the Kingdom of Heaven through the eye of a rich man's needle that it is for any…
- A man's house burns down. The smoking wreckage represents only a ruined home that was dear through years of use and pleasant associations. By and…
- I don't know anything about this man. Anyhow, I only know two things about him. One is, he has never been in jail, and the…
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- Power and violence are opposites; where the one rules absolutely, the other is absent. Violence appears where power is in jeopardy, but… — Hannah Arendt
- The most perfect political community is one in which the middle class is in control, and outnumbers both of the other classes. — Aristotle
- Jealousy is both reasonable and belongs to reasonable men, while envy is base and belongs to the base, for the one makes… — Aristotle
- A tyrant must put on the appearance of uncommon devotion to religion. Subjects are less apprehensive of illegal treatment from a ruler… — Aristotle
- In poverty and other misfortunes of life, true friends are a sure refuge. The young they keep out of mischief; to the… — Aristotle
- The greatest virtues are those which are most useful to other persons. — Aristotle
- No one would choose a friendless existence on condition of having all the other things in the world. — Aristotle
- Without friends no one would choose to live, though he had all other goods. — Aristotle
- It is Homer who has chiefly taught other poets the art of telling lies skillfully. — Aristotle
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- Three groups spend other people's money: children, thieves, politicians. All three need supervision. — Dick Armey
- Children are supposed to help hold a marriage together. They do this in a number of ways. For instance, they demand so… — Richard Armour