Mark Twain

I have never let my schooling interfere with my education.
― Mark Twain

Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.
― Mark Twain

Good friends, good books, and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.
― Mark Twain
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The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.
― Mark Twain

I do not fear death. I had been dead for billions and billions of years before I was born, and had not suffered the slightest inconvenience from it.
― Mark Twain

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Wrinkles should merely indicate where the smiles have been.
― Mark Twain

Never allow someone to be your priority while allowing yourself to be their option.
― Mark Twain

Truth is stranger than fiction, but it is because Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities; Truth isn't.
― Mark Twain

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In a good bookroom you feel in some mysterious way that you are absorbing the wisdom contained in all the books through your skin, without even opening them.
― Mark Twain

Substitute 'damn' every time you're inclined to write 'very;' your editor will delete it and the writing will be just as it should be.
― Mark Twain

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Go to heaven for the climate and hell for the company.
― Mark Twain