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«Civilizations proceed from the heart rather than from the head.»
«A crime persevered in a thousand centuries ceases to be a crime, and becomes a virtue. This is the law of custom, and custom supersedes all other forms of law.»
Author: Mark Twain
(Humorist, Lecturer, Writer)
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ceases, centuries, custom, laws and customs, persevered, supersede, superseded, supersedes
«India has 2,000,000 gods, and worships them all. In religion, other countries are paupers; India is the only millionaire.»
«I have been cautioned to talk but be careful not to say anything. I do not consider this a difficult task.»
Author: Mark Twain
(Humorist, Lecturer, Writer)
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careful, cautioned, cautions, Say Anything
«A man who carries a cat by the tail learns something he can learn by no other way»
«You can straighten a worm, but the crook is in him and only waiting»
«I learned long ago never to say the obvious thing, but leave the obvious thing to commonplace and inexperienced people to say»
«Honest poverty is a gem that even a king might be proud to call his own - but I wish to sell out»
«Civilization is a limitless multiplication of unnecessary necessities»
Author: Mark Twain
(Humorist, Lecturer, Writer)
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Civilization
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limitless, multiplication, necessities, unnecessary
«Some people get an education without going to college; the rest get it after they get out»
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