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Letter "M" » Mark Twain Quotes
«I thoroughly disapprove of duels. If a man should challenge me, I would take him kindly and forgivingly by the hand and lead him to a quiet place and kill him.»
Author: Mark Twain
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Humorist,
Lecturer,
Writer)
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About:
Challenge,
Quarrels
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Keywords:
disapprove,
disapproves,
disapproving,
duel,
duels,
forgivingly,
hand,
kill,
kindlier,
kindliest,
kindly,
lead,
leading man,
quiet,
taking place,
the Hand,
thoroughly
«His money is twice tainted: 'taint yours and 'taint mine»
«What a man misses mostly in heaven is company»
«When a man arrives at great prosperity God did it: when he falls into disaster he did it himself»
«I've never let my school interfere with my education.»
«It is often the case that the man who can't tell a lie thinks he is the best judge of one»
«Religion consists of a set of things which the average man thinks he believes and wishes he was certain»
Author: Mark Twain
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Humorist,
Lecturer,
Writer)
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About:
Religion
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Keywords:
average,
averages,
believes,
certain,
consists,
on average,
on the average,
religion,
set,
thinks,
wishes
«Optimist: Day-dreamer more elegantly spelled»
«If animals could speak, the dog would be a blundering outspoken fellow; but the cat would have the rare grace of never saying a word too much.»
Author: Mark Twain
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Humorist,
Lecturer,
Writer)
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Keywords:
animals,
blundered,
blundering,
CAT,
Cat in,
Cat Who,
could,
dog,
dogged,
dogging,
fellow,
grace,
much,
outspoken,
rare,
saying,
speak,
spoken word,
That Dog,
The Cat,
The Dog,
The Fellows,
too much,
word,
would-be,
would
«It takes your enemy and your friend, working together to hurt you to the heart; the one to slander you and the other to get the news to you»
Author: Mark Twain
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Humorist,
Lecturer,
Writer)
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About:
Enemies,
Friends
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Keywords:
enemy,
hurt,
news,
one to,
slander,
slandered,
slandering,
Slanders,
takes,
The News,
The One,
the Other,
together,
to get,
working,
workings