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Wednesday, August 06, 2008

We Need One Another

"The universal brotherhood of man is our most precious possession." -- Mark Twain

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Wednesday, December 26, 2007

Mark Twain on School

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

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Why you should tell the truth

"Always tell the truth. That way, you don't have to remember what you said." -- Mark Twain

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Friday, February 23, 2007

Mark Twain on Public Speaking

"There are two types of speakers: those that are nervous and those that are liars." -- Mark Twain

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Tuesday, January 02, 2007

Mark Twain on Honors

"It is better to deserve honors and not have them than to have them and not to deserve them." -- Mark Twain

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Friday, November 17, 2006

Avoid Small Thinkers

"Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great." -- Mark Twain

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Monday, June 05, 2006

Idiots and Congress

"Suppose you were an idiot and suppose you were a member of Congress. But, I repeat myself." -- Mark Twain

submitted via e-mail by Jordan Wagner, Sublette, KS - THANKS!

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Monday, May 15, 2006

Mark Twain on Vegetables

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

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Mark Twain on Reading

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

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Tuesday, April 25, 2006

Mark Twain on Excess

"A human being has a natural desire to have more of a good thing than he needs." -- Mark Twain

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Thursday, September 08, 2005

Mark Twain - Millionaire?

"I am opposed to millionaires... but it would be dangerous to offer me the
position."
-- Mark Twain

Tuesday, September 06, 2005

Mark Twain on Why We Need Women

"What would men be without women? Scarce, sir...mighty scarce." -- Mark Twain

Monday, August 29, 2005

Mark Twain on Entitlement

"Don't go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first." -- Mark Twain

Thursday, August 11, 2005

Mark Twain's Health Advice

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

Tuesday, August 09, 2005

Mark Twain on Millionaires

"I am opposed to millionaires... but it would be dangerous to offer me the position." -- Mark Twain

Friday, May 20, 2005

Mark Twain on Getting Book Smart

"The man who doesn't read good books has no advantage over the man who can't read them." -- Mark Twain

Tuesday, January 04, 2005

Twain on Health

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

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"Familiarity breeds contempt... and children. -- Mark Twain

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Friday, December 19, 2003

"If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous, he will not bite you; that is the principal difference between a dog and a man." -- Mark Twain, via Dog News

Monday, October 13, 2003

"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover." -- Mark Twain, via email from Curt Rosengren, of Occupational Adventure (sm)