Mark Twain Quotes, Lying Quotes, Way Quotes

Wherein lies a poet's claim to originality? That he invents his incidents? No. That he was present when his episodes had their birth? No. That he was first to repeat them? No. None of these things has any value. He confers on them their only originality that has any value, and that is his way of telling them.

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Adam was not alone in the Garden of Eden, however, and does not deserve all the credit; much is due to Eve, the first woman, and Satan, the first consultant.

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As soon as a man recognizes that he has drifted into age, he gets reminiscent. He wants to talk and talk; and not about the present or the future, but about his old times. For there is where the pathos of his life lies - and the charm of it. The pathos of it is there because it was opulent with treasures that are gone, and the charm of it is in casting them up from the musty ledgers and remembering how rich and gracious they were.

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You can't make a life over. Society wouldn't let you if you would.

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Half of the results of a good intentions are evil; half the results of an evil intention are good.

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In a museum in Havana, there are two skulls of Christopher Columbus, one when he was a boy and one when he was a man

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There is no such thing as material covetousness. All covetousness is spiritual. ...Any so-called material thing that you want is merely a symbol: you want it not for itself, but because it will content your spirit for the moment.

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It is just like man's vanity and impertinence to call an animal dumb because it is dumb to his dull perceptions.

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All good things arrive unto them that wait - and don't die in the meantime.

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My faculties are decaying now and soon I shall be so I cannot remember any but the things that never happened.

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If everyone was satisfied with himself, there would be no heroes.

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What, sir, would the people of the earth be without woman? They would be scarce, sir, almighty scarce.

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I make it a rule never to smoke while I'm sleeping.

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A banker is a fellow who lends you his umbrella when the sun is shining, but wants it back the minute it begins to rain.

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We often feel sad in the presence of music without words; and often more than that in the presence of music without music.

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A healthy and wholesome cheerfulness is not necessarily impossible to any occupation.

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Truth is stranger than fiction-to some people, but I am measurably familiar with it.

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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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Always acknowledge a fault. This will throw those in authority off their guard and give you an opportunity to commit more.

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It is an important thing, in our never-ending pursuit of happiness, to stop and just be happy for a while.

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