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“If everyone was satisfied with himself, there would be no heroes.”

Mark Twain (1835–1910) American author and humorist

“Never have a battle of wits with an unarmed person.”

Mark Twain (1835–1910) American author and humorist

“I do not like work even when someone else is doing it.”

Mark Twain (1835–1910) American author and humorist

“The more things are forbidden, the more popular they become.”

Mark Twain (1835–1910) American author and humorist

“Get a bicycle. You will not regret it, if you live.”

Mark Twain (1835–1910) American author and humorist

“Peace by persuasion has a pleasant sound, but I think we should not be able to work it. We should have to tame the human race first, and history seems to show that that cannot be done.”

Mark Twain (1835–1910) American author and humorist

“Most people are bothered by those passages of Scripture they do not understand, but the passages that bother me are those I do understand.”

Mark Twain (1835–1910) American author and humorist

“Let us not be too particular. It is better to have old second-hand diamonds than none at all.”

Mark Twain (1835–1910) American author and humorist

“All I care to know about a man is that he is a human being… he can't be any worse.”

Mark Twain (1835–1910) American author and humorist

“It is better to be alone than unwelcome. - Eve”

Mark Twain (1835–1910) American author and humorist

“Give every day the chance to become the most beautiful day of your life.”

Mark Twain (1835–1910) American author and humorist

“They did not know it was impossible so they did it”

Mark Twain (1835–1910) American author and humorist

“Use the right word, not its second cousin.”

Mark Twain (1835–1910) American author and humorist

“Just when I thought I was learning how to live, 'twas then I realized I was learning how to die.”

Mark Twain (1835–1910) American author and humorist

“Loyalty to petrified opinions never yet broke a chain or freed a human soul in this world — and never will.”

Mark Twain (1835–1910) American author and humorist

“He had had much experience of physicians, and said 'the only way to keep your health is to eat what you don't want, drink what you don't like, and do what you'd druther not'.”

Mark Twain (1835–1910) American author and humorist

“Give a man a reputation as an early riser and he can sleep 'til noon.”

Mark Twain (1835–1910) American author and humorist

“A few fly bites cannot stop a spirited horse.”

Mark Twain (1835–1910) American author and humorist

“Every time you stop a school, you will have to build a jail. What you gain at one end you lose at the other. It's like feeding a dog on his own tail. It won't fatten the dog.”

Mark Twain (1835–1910) American author and humorist