Sunday, July 24, 2011

Mark Twain

Education consists mainly of what we have unlearned.
-Mark Twain

Everything has its limit - iron ore cannot be educated into gold.
-Mark Twain

Be careless in your dress if you will, but keep a tidy soul.
-Mark Twain

Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt.
-Mark Twain

Always do right. This will gratify some people and astonish the rest.
-Mark Twain

Anger is an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stored than to anything on which it is poured.
-Mark Twain

Any emotion, if it is sincere, is involuntary.
-Mark Twain

Apparently there is nothing that cannot happen today.
-Mark Twain

A man cannot be comfortable without his own approval.
-Mark Twain

A man is never more truthful than when he acknowledges himself a liar.
-Mark Twain

A person who won't read has no advantage over one who can't read.
-Mark Twain

Cauliflower is nothing but cabbage with a college education.
-Mark Twain

Buy land, they're not making it anymore.
-Mark Twain

Climate is what we expect, weather is what we get.
-Mark Twain

Be careful about reading health books. You may die of a misprint.
-Mark Twain

Against the assault of laughter nothing can stand.
-Mark Twain

Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society.
-Mark Twain

Do the thing you fear most and the death of fear is certain.
-Mark Twain

Don't part with your illusions. When they are gone, you may still exist, but you have ceased to live.
-Mark Twain

Don't tell fish stories where the people know you; but particularly, don't tell them where they know the fish.
-Mark Twain

Action speaks louder than words but not nearly as often.
-Mark Twain

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