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 to use either.

Mark Twain


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Man never creates, he only recombines the lines and colors of his own existance.

Mark Twain


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Eschew surplusage.

Mark Twain


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The proverb says that Providence protects children and idiots. This is really true. I know because I have tested it.

Mark Twain


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The less there is to justify a traditional custom, the harder it is to get rid of it

Mark Twain

Mots clés inertia tradition



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Every man is a moon and has a side which he turns toward nobody: you have to slip around behind it if you want to see it.

Mark Twain


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A newspaper is not just for reporting the news as it is, but to make people mad enough to do something about it.

Mark Twain

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Behold, the fool saith, "Put not all thine eggs in the one basket" - which is but a matter of saying, "Scatter your money and your attention"; but the wise man saith, "Pull all your eggs in the one basket and - WATCH THAT BASKET." - Pudd'nhead Wilson's Calendar

Mark Twain

Mots clés wisdom



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I think the Cincinnati Enquirer must be edited by children.

Mark Twain

Mots clés bad-reviews newspapers twain cincinnati enquirer



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in order to make a man or boy covet a thing, it is only necessary to make the thing difficult to attain.

Mark Twain


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