Mark Twain Quotes, Talking Quotes, Patriotism Quotes

Talking of patriotism, what humbug it is; it is a word which always commemorates a robbery.

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A street in Constantinople is a picture which one ought to see once-not oftener.

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There ought to be a room in every house to swear in. It's dangerous to have to repress an emotion like that.

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A policeman in plain clothes is a man; in his uniform he is ten. Clothes and title are the most potent thing, the most formidable influence, in the earth. They move the human race to willing and spontaneous respect for the judge, the general, the admiral, the bishop, the ambassador, the frivolous earl, the idiot duke, the sultan, the king, the emperor. No great title is efficient without clothes to support it.

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Jim said that bees won't sting idiots, but I didn't believe that, because I tried them lots of times myself and they wouldn't sting me.

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To arrive at a just estimate of a renowned man's character one must judge it by the standards of his time, not ours.

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In Marseilles they make half the toilet soap we consume in America, but the Marseillaise only have a vague theoretical idea of its use, which they have obtained from books of travel.

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One thing at a time, is my motto - and just play that thing for all it is worth, even if it's only tto pair and a jack.

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What ought to be done to the man who invented the celebrating of anniversaries? Mere killing would be too light.

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A thing long expected takes the form of the unexpected when at last it comes.

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Prediction is difficult- particularly when it involves the future.

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Man proposes, but God blocks the game.

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We all like to see people sea-sick when we are not ourselves.

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

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Love your enemy, it will scare the hell out of them.

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We find not much in ourselves to admire, we are always privately wanting to be like somebody else. If everybody was satisfied with himself, there would be no heroes

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It's spring fever. That is what the name of it is. And when you've got it, you want—oh, you don't quite know what it is you do want, but it just fairly makes your heart ache, you want it so!

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Man is the only animal that blushes - or needs to.

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Wine is a clog to the pen, not an inspiration.

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Be good and you will be lonely.

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