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«One mustn't criticize other people on grounds where he can't stand perpendicular himself»
«Truth is the most valuable thing we have. Let us economize it.»
«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.»
Author: Mark Twain
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Humorist,
Lecturer,
Writer)
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Keywords:
any,
called,
call at,
call out,
call up,
content,
contenting,
For the,
for the moment,
in and of itself,
Itself,
material,
merely,
moment,
not for,
so-called,
spirit,
spirited,
spiriting,
spirit up,
symbol,
The Calling,
thing,
thing in itself,
want
«God has put somrthing noble and good into every heart His hand created.»
«In the beginning of a change, the Patriot is a scarce man, Brave, Hated, and Scorned. When his cause succeeds however,the timid join him, For then it costs nothing to be a Patriot.»
Author: Mark Twain
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Humorist,
Lecturer,
Writer)
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Keywords:
costs,
hated,
in the beginning,
join,
patriot,
scarce,
scarcer,
scarcest,
scorned,
succeeds,
The Patriot,
timid
«Truth is stranger than fiction, but it is because Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities; Truth isn't.»
Author: Mark Twain
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Humorist,
Lecturer,
Writer)
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About:
Fiction,
Truth
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Keywords:
fiction,
fictions,
get stuck,
obliged,
obliges,
obliging,
possibilities,
stick,
stick in,
stick on,
stick out,
stick to,
stick up,
stranger,
Stranger than Fiction,
the sticks
«Optimist: Person who travels on nothing from nowhere to happiness»
«Let us be thankful for the fools. But for them the rest of us could not succeed.»
«The cat, having sat upon a hot stove lid, will not sit upon a hot stove lid again. But he won't sit upon a cold stove lid, either.»
«I once sent a dozen of my friends a telegram saying 'flee at once - all is discovered.' They all left town immediately.»
Author: Mark Twain
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Humorist,
Lecturer,
Writer)
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Keywords:
at once,
discovered,
dozen,
flee,
flees,
Friends,
immediately,
leave out,
left,
left most,
once,
once before,
on leave,
saying,
send for,
send in,
send out,
Send Up,
sent,
take leave,
telegram,
telegrams,
they,
town,
Town of