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Mark Twain Quotes

«I am the entire human race compacted together. I have found that there is no ingredient of the race which I do not possess in either a small way or a large way.»
«The wit knows that his place is at the tail of a procession.»
«It is a solemn thought: Dead, the noblest man's meat is inferior to pork»
«Fleas can be taught nearly anything that a congressman can»
«It used to be a good hotel, but that proves nothing - I used to be a good boy»
Author: Mark Twain (Humorist, Lecturer, Writer) | Keywords: Good Boy
«I cannot keep from talking, even at the risk of being instructive»
«Senator: Person who makes laws in Washington when not doing time»
Author: Mark Twain (Humorist, Lecturer, Writer) | Keywords: senator
«Some men worship rank, some worship heroes, some worship power, some worship God, and over these ideals they dispute, but they all worship money»
«Facts, or what a man believes to be facts, are always delightful - Get your facts first, and - then you can distort 'em as much as you please»
Author: Mark Twain (Humorist, Lecturer, Writer) | About: Speech | Keywords: distort
«When a man is known to have no settled convictions of his own he can't convict other people»
Author: Mark Twain (Humorist, Lecturer, Writer) | Keywords: convict