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Mark Twain

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I take my only exercise acting as a pallbearer at the funerals of my friends who exercise regularly.


— Mark Twain


#humor #revenge #humor

Distance lends enchantment to the view.


— Mark Twain


#perspective

No man's life, liberty, or property are safe while the legislature is in session.


— Mark Twain


#humor #politics #humor

A man is accepted into a church for what he believes and he is turned out for what he knows.


— Mark Twain


#religion

It could probably be shown by facts and figures that there is no distinctly native American criminal class except Congress.


— Mark Twain


#congress #corruption #government #america

The only difference between a tax man and a taxidermist is that the taxidermist leaves the skin.


— Mark Twain


#humor

One of the most striking differences between a cat and a lie is that a cat has only nine lives.


— Mark Twain


#cat #differences #lie #lives #most

When people do not respect us we are sharply offended; yet deep down in his private heart no man much respects himself.


— Mark Twain


#respect #respect

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.


— Mark Twain


#golden-rule #twain #duty

Plain question and plain answer make the shortest road out of most perplexities.


— Mark Twain


#life






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But I have thought some more since then and I have read carefully the treaty of Paris [which ended the Spanish-American War] and I have seen that we do not intend to free but to subjugate the people of the Philippines. There were three versions found in his manuscripts made between 1897 and 1905: the Hannibal Eseldorf and Print Shop versions. He did state that "the goodness the justice and the mercy of God are manifested in His works" but also that "the universe is governed by strict and immutable laws" which determine "small matters" such as who dies in a pestilence.

Twain chose to pay all his pre-bankruptcy creditors in full though he had no responsibility to do this under the law. He also worked as a typesetter and contributed articles to his older brother Orion's newspaper. He achieved great success as a writer and public speaker.

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