Quotes by Mark Twain

When angry, count four; when very angry, swear.

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Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear not absence of fear.

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India is the cradle of the human race, the birthplace of human speech,the mother of history, the grand mother of legend, and the great-grandmother of tradition.

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Courage is resistance to fear,mastery of fear not absence of fear.

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"Do something everyday that you don't want to do; this is the golden rule for acquiring the habit of doing your duty without pain."

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"The holy passion of friendship is so sweet and steady and loyal and enduring in nature that it will last through a whole lifetime, if not asked to lend money."

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"Behold, the fool saith, Put not all thine eggs in the one basket, -- which is but a manner of saying, Scatter your money and your attention, but the wise man saith, Put all your eggs in the one basket and -- watch that basket."

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"Some men worship rank, some worship heroes, some worship power, some worship God, and over these ideals they dispute, but they all worship money."

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"The proper office of a friend is to side with you when you are wrong. Nearly anybody will side with you when you are right."

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"A friend is someone who stays in when the rest of the world has gone out."

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"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."

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"The holy passion of friendship is so sweet and steady and loyal and enduring in nature that it will last through a whole lifetime, if not asked to lend money."

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"The miracle, or the power, that elevates the few is to be found in their industry, application, and perseverance under the prompting of a brave, determined spirit."

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"When I was a boy of fourteen, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be twenty-one, I was astonished at how much the old man had learned in seven years."

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"The history of our race, and each individual's experience, are sown thick with evidence that a truth is not hard to kill and that a lie told well is immortal."

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