Mark Twain

(56 votes)   I've never let my school interfere with my education.

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(56 votes)   Loyalty to petrified opinions never yet broke a chain or freed a human soul in this world -- and never will.

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1835-1910, American Humorist, Writer

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(55 votes)   Each of you, for himself, by himself and on his own responsibility, must speak. And it is a solemn and weighty responsibility, and not lightly to be flung aside at the bullying of pulpit, press, government, or the empty catchphrases of politicians. Each must for himself alone decide what is right and what is wrong, and which course is patriotic and which isn't. You cannot shirk this and be a man. To decide against your convictions is to be an unqualified and inexcusable traitor, both to yourself and to your country, let man label you as they may. If you alone of all the nation shall decide one way, and that way be the right way according to your convictions of the right, you have done your duty by yourself and by your country- hold up your head! You have nothing to be ashamed of.

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(55 votes)   Everything has its limit - iron ore cannot be educated into gold.

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(55 votes)   Truth is the most valuable thing we have. Let us economize it.

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(53 votes)   Do the right thing. It will gratify some people and astonish the rest.

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(53 votes)   The human race is a race of cowards; and I am not only marching in that procession but carrying a banner.

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(52 votes)   Education is the path from cocky ignorance to miserable uncertainty.

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(52 votes)   Happiness ain't a thing in itself --it's only a contrast with something that ain't pleasant. And so, as soon as the novelty is over and the force of the contrast dulled, it ain't happiness any longer, and you have to get something fresh.

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(52 votes)   There is a charm about the forbidden that makes it unspeakably desirable.

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(52 votes)   To refuse awards is another way of accepting them with more noise than is normal.

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(52 votes)   We are discreet sheep; we wait to see how the drove is going, and then go with the drove.

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(52 votes)   What a wee little part of a person's life are his acts and his words! His real life is led in his head, and is known to none but himself.

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(52 votes)   When I was a boy of fourteen

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(51 votes)   A baby is an inestimable blessing and bother.

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