Wilson stopped and stood silent. Inattention dies a quick and sure death when a speaker does that.

Mark Twain

Tags: oratory



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Let us not be too particular. It is better to have old second-hand diamonds than none at all.

Mark Twain

Tags: want-needs-possesions



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I am a great and sublime fool. But then I am God's fool, and all His works must be contemplated with respect.

Mark Twain


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The Bible has noble poetry in it... and some good morals and a wealth of obscenity, and upwards of a thousand lies.

Mark Twain

Tags: truth christianity atheism bible mythology agnosticism



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Most people are bothered by those passages of Scripture they do not understand, but the passages that bother me are those I do understand.

Mark Twain


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Bridgeport?" Said I.
"Camelot," Said he.

Mark Twain


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There is a charm about the forbidden that makes it unspeakably desirable.

Mark Twain

Tags: sin temptation



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The timid man yearns for full value and asks for a tenth. The bold man strikes for double value and compromises on par.

Mark Twain


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Heaven goes by favor. If it went by merit, you would stay out and your dog would go in.

Mark Twain

Tags: animals dogs heaven



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Too much of anything is bad, but too much good whiskey is barely enough.

Mark Twain

Tags: whiskey



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