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Following the Equator quotes

Mark Twain

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“There are many humorous things in the world; among them the white man's notion that he is less savage than the other savages.” Mark Twain, Following the Equator
“We should be careful to get out of an experience only the wisdom that is in it—and stop there; lest we be like the cat that sits down on a hot stove-lid. She will never sit down on a hot stove-lid again—and that is well; but also she will...” Mark Twain, Following the Equator
“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, Following the Equator
“Noise proves nothing. Often a hen who has merely laid an egg cackles as if she had laid an asteroid.” Mark Twain, Following the Equator
“Truth is stranger than fiction, but it is because Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities; Truth isn't.” Mark Twain, Following the Equator
“There are several good protections against temptations, but the surest is cowardice.” Mark Twain, Following the Equator
“Make it a point to do something every day that you don't want to do. This is the golden rule for acquiring the habit of doing your duty without pain.” Mark Twain, Following the Equator
“Every one is a moon, and has a dark side which he never shows to anybody.” Mark Twain, Following the Equator
“'Classic.' A book which people praise and don't read.” Mark Twain, Following the Equator
“In the first place God made idiots. This was for practice. Then He made School Boards.” Mark Twain, Following the Equator
“Don't part with your illusions. When they are gone you may still exist but you have ceased to live.” Mark Twain, Following the Equator
“there is no distinctly native American criminal class except Congress.” Mark Twain, Following the Equator
“Wrinkles should merely indicate where smiles have been.” Mark Twain, Following the Equator
“It is easier to stay out than get out.” Mark Twain, Following the Equator
“When in doubt, tell the truth.” Mark Twain, Following the Equator
“Faith is believing what you know ain't so.” Mark Twain, Following the Equator
“It is better to have old second-hand diamonds than none at all.” Mark Twain, Following the Equator
“Grief can take care of itself; but to get the full value of a joy you must have somebody to divide it with.” Mark Twain, Following the Equator
“Man is the only animal that blushes. Or needs to.” Mark Twain, Following the Equator
“It is by the goodness of God that in our country we have those three unspeakably precious things: freedom of speech, freedom of conscience, and the prudence never to practice either of them.” Mark Twain, Following the Equator
“Let us be thankful for the fools. But for them the rest of us could not succeed.” Mark Twain, Following the Equator
“She was not quite what you would call refined. She was not quite what you would call unrefined. She was the kind of person that keeps a parrot.” Mark Twain, Following the Equator
“Prosperity is the best protector of principle.” Mark Twain, Following the Equator
“When people do not respect us we are sharply offended; yet deep down in his private heart no man much respects himself.” Mark Twain, Following the Equator
“It takes your enemy and your friend, working together, to hurt you to the heart; the one to slander you and the other to get the news to you.” Mark Twain, Following the Equator
“Few of us can stand prosperity. Another man's, I mean.” Mark Twain, Following the Equator
“Man will do many things to get himself loved, he will do all things to get himself envied.” Mark Twain, Following the Equator

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