Quotes by Mark Twain

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The following quotes are all by Mark Twain:
Why not go out on a limb? That's where the fruit is.
Man - a creature made at the end of the week's work when God
was tired.
Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind
can see.
It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think
you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt.
If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything.
I have been complimented many times and they always embarrass
me; I always feel that they have not said enough.
Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak
out and remove all doubt.
Action speaks louder than words but not nearly as often.
Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it
doesn't matter.
My mother had a great deal of trouble with me, but I think she
enjoyed it.
there is nothing that cannot happen today.
Be careful about reading health books. You may die of a
misprint.
Golf is a good walk spoiled.
Humor is mankind's greatest blessing.
When your friends begin to flatter you on how young you look,
it's a sure sign you're getting old.
Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society.
A lie can travel halfway around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes.
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Never put off till tomorrow what you can do the day after
tomorrow.
Part of the secret of a success in life is to eat what you
like and let the food fight it out inside.
The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody
else up.
The first of April is the day we remember what we are the
other 364 days of the year.
The most interesting information comes from children, for they
tell all they know and then stop.
to keep your health is to eat what you don't want, drink what
you don't like, and do what you'd rather not.
We are all alike, on the inside.
What would men be without women? Scarce, sir, mighty scarce.
When in doubt tell the truth.
Wrinkles should merely indicate where smiles have been.
I can live for two months on a good compliment.
Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear - not absence of fear.
It's not the size of the dog in the fight; it's the size of the fight in the dog.
Always do right! This will gratify some people and astonish the rest.
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 was the pen name for Samuel Clemens. He was born
in 1835 in Florida, Missouri and past away in 1910.
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