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Mark Twain

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To get the full value of joy you must have someone to divide it with.


— Mark Twain


#companionship #joy #values

I have found out that there ain't no surer way to find out whether you like people or hate them than to travel with them.


— Mark Twain


#travel #humor

When I was a boy of 14, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be 21, I was astonished at how much the old man had learned in seven years.


— Mark Twain


#humor #ignorance #humor

Heaven goes by favor. If it went by merit, you would stay out and your dog would go in.


— Mark Twain


#dogs #heaven #dog

The human race has only one really effective weapon and that is laughter.


— Mark Twain


#humans

Always acknowledge a fault. This will throw those in authority off their guard and give you an opportunity to commit more.


— Mark Twain


#rake #commitment

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


— Mark Twain


#courage #curious #moral #moral courage #physical

After all these years, I see that I was mistaken about Eve in the beginning; it is better to live outside the Garden with her than inside it without her.


— Mark Twain


#marriage #women #love

You can't depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus.


— Mark Twain


#depend #eyes #focus #out #you

The Bible has noble poetry in it... and some good morals and a wealth of obscenity, and upwards of a thousand lies.


— Mark Twain


#atheism #bible #christianity #mythology #truth






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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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