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Aversion Quote by Mark Twain

“The devil's aversion to holy water is a light matter…” quote by Mark Twain — Download Open image

“The devil's aversion to holy water is a light matter compared with a despots dread of a newspaper that laughs.”

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And indeed nothing but the most determined scepticism, along with a great degree of indolence, can justify this aversion to metaphysics. For if truth…

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Society everywhere is in conspiracy against the manhood of every one of its members. The virtue in most request is conformity. Self-reliance is its…

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One of the greatest inhibitions to the development of human potential is the aversion to effective practice.

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The unattractive thing about chauvinism is not so much the aversion to other nations as the love of one's own.

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