Mark Twain Quotes

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Mark Twain

Profession : Writer

Birth : November 30, 1835

Work is a necessary evil to be avoided.

Mark Twain

Thunder is good, thunder is impressive; but it is lightning that does the work.

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Work consists of whatever a body is obliged to do. Play consists of whatever a body is not obliged to do.

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The finest clothing made is a person's own skin, but, of course, society demands something more than this.

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A person with a new idea is a crank until the idea succeeds.

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Part of the secret of a success in life is to eat what you like and let the food fight it out inside.

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I can live for two months on a good compliment.

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Few things are harder to put up with than the annoyance of a good example.

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Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.

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Golf is a good walk spoiled.

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It usually takes me more than three weeks to prepare a good impromptu speech.

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It's good sportsmanship to not pick up lost golf balls while they are still rolling.

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I have never taken any exercise, except sleeping and resting, and I never intend to take any.

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Wit is the sudden marriage of ideas which, before their union, were not perceived to have any relation.

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Get your facts first, then you can distort them as you please.

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Go to Heaven for the climate, Hell for the company.

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The reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated.

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All generalizations are false, including this one.

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Everything human is pathetic. The secret source of humor itself is not joy but sorrow. There is no humor in heaven.

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Humor is mankind's greatest blessing.

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