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Mark Twain Quotes

«Let me make the superstitions of a nation and I care not who makes its laws or its songs either»
«The English are mentioned in the Bible: Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth»
Author: Mark Twain (Humorist, Lecturer, Writer) | Keywords: meek, mentioned
«The statue that advertises its modesty with a fig leaf really brings its modesty under suspicion»
«Man's mind clumsily and tediously and laboriously patches little trivialities together and gets a result - such as it is»
«We like a man to come right out and say what he thinks - if we agree with him»
«To believe yourself brave is to be brave; it is the one only essential thing»
«There are two forces that can carry light to all corners of the globe - the sun in the heavens and the associated press down here»
«To my mind Judas Iscariot was nothing but a low, mean, premature Congressman»
«I would rather have my ignorance than another man's knowledge, because I have so much of it»
«It is noble to teach oneself, but still nobler to teach others - and less trouble»