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Forty Quote by Mark Twain

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“For all the talk you hear about knowledge being such a wonderful thing, instinct is worth forty of it for real unerringness.”

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In my forties, my optimism was boundless. I had really good health and tremendous success which allowed me to do anything I wanted.

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Rincewind could scream for mercy in nineteen languages, and just scream in another forty-four.

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