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Best Should Quotes by Mark Twain
- Wisdom teaches us that none but birds should go out early, and that not even birds should do it unless they are out of worms.
- When whole races and peoples conspire to propagate gigantic mute lies in the interest of tyrannies and shams, why should we care anything about the…
- I have damaged my intellect trying to imagine why a man should want to invent a repeating clock, and how another man could be found…
- Where a blood relation sobs, an intimate friend should choke up, a distant acquaintance should sigh, a stranger should merely fumble sympathetically with his handkerchief.
- I never could keep a promise. I do not blame myself for this weakness, because the fault must lie in my physical organization. It is…
- If all the fools in this world should die, lordly God how lonely I should be.
- Only when a republic's life is in danger should a man uphold his government when it is wrong. There is no other time.
- Wrinkles should merely indicate where smiles have been.
- It is curious that physical courage should be so common in the world and moral courage so rare.
- It is not best that we should all think alike; it is a difference of opinion that makes horse races.
- Peace by persuasion has a pleasant sound, but I think we should not be able to work it. We should have to tame the human…
- We should be careful to get out of an experience only the wisdom that is in it and stop there lest we be like the…
- I thoroughly disapprove of duels. If a man should challenge me, I would take him kindly and forgivingly by the hand and lead him to…
- There are two times in a man's life when he should not speculate: when he can't afford it, and when he can.
- Life should begin with age and it's privileges and accumulations, and end with youth and it's capacity to splendidly enjoy such advantages.
- One should never use exclamation points in writing. It is like laughing at your own joke.
- A distinguished man should be as particular about his last words as he is about his last breath. He should write them out on a…
- I do not know what we should do without the pulpit. We could better spare the sun-the moon, anyway.
- An injurious truth has no merit over an injurious lie. Neither should ever be uttered. The man who speaks an injurious truth, lest his soul…
- It were not best that we should all think alike; it is difference of opinion that makes horse races.
More Should Quotes
- As we all know, many people remain buried under tons of rubble and debris, waiting to be rescued. When we think of… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- I love working with the right actor, and if the right actor happens to be unknown, that should be allowed, too, I… — J. J. Abrams
- It is just that we should be grateful, not only to those with whose views we may agree, but also to those… — Aristotle
- It is clearly better that property should be private, but the use of it common; and the special business of the legislator… — Aristotle
- It's our hearts and brains that we should exercise more often. You can put on all the makeup you want, but it… — Kevyn Aucoin
- The alliance should agree... to an effective NATO role against the new threats presented by international terrorism and weapons of mass destruction. — Jose Maria Aznar
- I would not suggest the U.S. should sit down with the North Koreans bilaterally immediately after they've fired missiles - because the… — Richard Armitage
- It is all right to hold a conversation but you should let go of it now and then. — Richard Armour
- I'm substantially concerned about the policy directions of the space agency. We have a situation in the U.S. where the White House… — Neil Armstrong
- That said, the question remains: how to strike the balance between free speech and mutual respect in this mixed-up world, both blessed… — Timothy Garton Ash
- The test for whether or not you can hold a job should not be the arrangement of your chromosomes. — Bella Abzug
- If I were to say, 'God, why me?' about the bad things, then I should have said, 'God, why me?' about the… — Arthur Ashe