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  • That is their way, those plagues, those scientists - peg, peg, peg - dig, dig, dig - plod, plod, plod. I wish I could catch a cargo of them for my place; it would be an economy. Yes, for years, you see. They never give up. Patience, hope, faith, perseverance; it is the way of all the breed.
  • 6 years ago



    Tags : Mark Twain Quotes , Perseverance Quotes , Giving Up Quotes
  • We all know about the habits of the ant, we know all about the habits of the bee, but we know nothing at all about the habits of the oyster. It seems almost certain that we have been choosing the wrong time for studying the oyster.
  • 6 years ago



    Tags : Mark Twain Quotes , Oysters Quotes , Ants Quotes
  • If they [the dead] should speak, it would be found that in matters of opinion no departed person was exactly what he had passed for in life. They would realise, deep down, that they, and whole nations along with them, are not really what they seem to be-and never can be.
  • 6 years ago



    Tags : Mark Twain Quotes , Departed Quotes , Would Be Quotes