Mark Twain

(221 votes)   The first half of life consists of the capacity to enjoy without the chance; the last half consists of the chance without the capacity.

Mark Twain
1835-1910, American Humorist, Writer

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(218 votes)   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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(216 votes)   I did not attend his funeral; but I wrote a nice letter saying I approved of it. [About a politician who had recently died]

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1835-1910, American Humorist, Writer

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(216 votes)   The Pause; that impressive silence, that eloquent silence, that geometrically progressive silence which often achieves a desired effect where no combination of words, however so felicitous, could accomplish it.

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1835-1910, American Humorist, Writer

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(212 votes)   There was never yet an uninteresting life. Such a thing is an impossibility. Inside of the dullest exterior there is a drama, a comedy, and a tragedy.

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1835-1910, American Humorist, Writer

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(209 votes)   Put all your eggs in one basket and then watch that basket.

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1835-1910, American Humorist, Writer

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(207 votes)   There are only two forces that can carry light to all the corners of the globe... the sun in the heavens and the Associated Press down here.

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(206 votes)   It is by the fortune of God that, in this country, we have three benefits: freedom of speech, freedom of thought, and the wisdom never to use either.

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(206 votes)   It is curious that physical courage should be so common in the world and moral courage so rare.

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(206 votes)   There was never a throne which did not represent a crime.

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(193 votes)   No God and no religion can survive ridicule. No political church, no nobility, no royalty or other fraud, can face ridicule in a fair field, and live.

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1835-1910, American Humorist, Writer

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(188 votes)   I was gratified to be able to answer promptly. I said, I don't know.

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(187 votes)   A wise man does not waste so good a commodity as lying for naught.

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1835-1910, American Humorist, Writer

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(179 votes)   If you don't like the weather in New England, just wait a few minutes.

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1835-1910, American Humorist, Writer

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(179 votes)   There are many scapegoats for our sins, but the most popular is providence.

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1835-1910, American Humorist, Writer

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