Mark Twain Quotes, Life Quotes, Perseverance Quotes

The miracle or the power that elevates the few is to be found in their industry, application and perseverance under the promptings of a brave, determined spirit.

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Never refuse to do a kindness unless the act would work great injury to yourself, and never refuse to take a drink - under any circumstances.

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Names are not always what they seem.

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To stand still is to fall behind.

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As an example to others, and not that I care for moderation myself, it has always been my rule never to smoke when asleep, and never to refrain from smoking when awake.

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I have never taken any exercise except sleeping and resting.

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When I am king they shall not have bread and shelter only, but also teachings out of books, for a full belly is little worth where the mind is starved.

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The difference between the right word and the almost right word is the difference between lightning and a lightning bug.

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People are much more willing to lend you books than bookcases.

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There are too many stars in some places and not enough in others.

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Love seems the swiftest, but it is the slowest of growths

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The first of April is the day we remember what we are the other 364 days of the year.

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In my nostrils still lives the breath of flowers that perished twenty years ago.

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I came in with Halley's Comet in 1835. It is coming again next year, and I expect to go out with it. It will be the greatest disappointment of my life if I don't go out with Halley's Comet. The Almighty has said, no doubt: "Now here are these two unaccountable freaks; they came in together, they must go out together.

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But who prays for Satan? Who, in eighteen centuries, has had the common humanity to pray for the one sinner that needed it most?

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From the dome of St. Peter's one can see every notable object in Rome... He can see a panorama that is varied, extensive, beautiful to the eye, and more illustrious in history than any other in Europe.

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There is nothing that saps one's confidence as the knowing how to do a thing

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To me [Edgar Allen Poe's] prose is unreadable—like Jane Austin's [sic]. No there is a difference. I could read his prose on salary, but not Jane's. Jane is entirely impossible. It seems a great pity that they allowed her to die a natural death.

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The finest clothing made is a person's own skin, but, of course, society demands something more than this.

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I was warned to stop smoking, which I did, for two or three days, but it was too lonesome, and I have resumed - in a modified way - 4 smokes a day instead of 40. This will have a good effect. On the bank balance.

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