Mark Twain Quotes, Men Quotes, Accountability Quotes

Duties are not performed for duty's sake, but because their neglect would make the man uncomfortable. A man performs but one duty - the duty of contenting his spirit, the duty of making himself agreeable to himself.

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You perceive, now, that these things are all impossible except in a dream. You perceive that they are pure and puerile insanities, the silly creations of an imagination that is not conscious of its freaks - in a word, that they are a dream, and you the maker of it. The dream-marks are all present; you should have recognized them earlier.

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A man is accepted into a church for what he believes and he is turned out for what he knows.

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Congressman is the trivialist distinction for a full grown man.

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Honor is a harder master than the law.

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Such is professional jealousy; a scientist will never show any kindness for a theory which he did not start himself.

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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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He was sunshine most always-I mean he made it seem like good weather.

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No real gentleman will tell the naked truth in the presence of ladies.

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Ignorance is not not knowin' - Ignorance is knowin' what ain't so.

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I have stopped smoking now and then, for a few months at a time, but it was not on principle, it was only to show off; it was to pulverize those critics who said I was a slave to my habits and couldn't break my bonds.

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History has tried hard to teach us that we can't have good government under politicians. Now, to go and stick one at the very head of the government couldn't be wise.

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I could forgive the boy, now, if he'd committed a million sins!

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If ignorance is bliss, why isn't the world happier?

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No throne exists that has a right to exist, and no symbol of it, flying from any flagstaff, is righteously entitled to wear any device but the skull and crossbones of that kindred industry which differs from royalty only businesswise-merely as retail differs from wholesale.

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The poetry is all in the anticipation, for there is none in reality.

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Success is a journey, not a destination. It requires constant effort, vigilance and reevaluation.

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Progressive improvement beats delayed perfection.

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Go to bed early, get up early-this is wise.

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Don't wait the time is never just right.

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