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Best Use Quotes by Mark Twain
- A man's character may be learned from the adjectives which he habitually uses in conversation.
- The educated Southerner has no use for an 'r', except at the beginning of a word.
- Only kings, presidents, editors, and people with tapeworms have the right to use the editorial 'we.'
- Ignorant people think it is the noise which fighting cats make that is so aggravating, but it ain't so; it is the sickening grammar that…
- I don't see any use in having a uniform and arbitrary way of spelling words. We might as well make all clothes alike and cook…
- But they (the infantry) had no use for boys of twelve and thirteen, and before I had a chance in another war, the desire to…
- I notice that you use plain, simple language, short words and brief sentences. That is the way to write English―it is the modern way and…
- Use the right word, not its second cousin.
- Most writers regard the truth as their most valuable possession, and therefore are economical in its use.
- It is a time when one’s spirit is subdued and sad, one knows not why; when the past seems a storm-swept desolation, life a vanity…
- The so-called Christian nations are the most enlightened and progressive ... but in spite of their religion, not because of it. The Church has opposed…
- What's the use you learning to do right , when it's troublesome to do right and it ain't no trouble to do wrong, and the…
- It didn't take me long to make up my mind that these liars warn't no kings nor dukes at all, but just low-down humbugs and…
- One should never use exclamation points in writing. It is like laughing at your own joke.
- When in doubt, tell the truth. That maxim I did invent, but never expected it to be applied to me. I did say, "When you…
- It is by the fortune of God that, in this country, we have three benefits: freedom of speech, freedom of thought, and the wisdom never…
- Ignorant people think it's the noise which fighting cats make that is so aggravating, but it ain't so; it's the sickening grammar they use
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- Nothing we use or hear or touch can be expressed in words that equal what is given by the senses. — Hannah Arendt
- It is clearly better that property should be private, but the use of it common; and the special business of the legislator… — Aristotle
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- Whatever man uses without the fear of God, whatever he applies to the mere gratifying of his flesh, cannot fail to operate… — Johann Arndt
- Suppose that we are wise enough to learn and know - and yet not wise enough to control our learning and knowledge,… — Isaac Asimov
- Preach the Gospel at all times and when necessary use words. — Francis of Assisi
- It is no use walking anywhere to preach unless our walking is our preaching. — Francis of Assisi
- None of God's Creatures absolutely consider'd are in their own Nature Contemptible; the meanest Fly, the poorest Insect has its Use and… — Mary Astell
- Of course, some would say if you have a performing inclination, then you should become a lawyer. That's a platform we use,… — Rowan Atkinson
- In the old days... it was a basic, cardinal fact that producers didn't have opinions. When I was producing natural history programmes,… — David Attenborough
- People use technology only to mean digital technology. Technology is actually everything we make. — Margaret Atwood
- Fiction is not necessarily about what you know, it's about how you feel. That is the truth about fiction, and the other… — Margaret Atwood