Obscurity and a competence -- that is a life that is best worth living.
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Man is the only creature who has a nasty mind.Mark Twain
Reflect we are well equipped, well fortified, we number 54. Fifty-four what Men No, MINDS--the capablest in the world a force against which mere animal might may no more hope to prevail than may the idle waves of the sea hope to prevail against the granite barriers of England.
Mark Twain
The way it is now, the asylums can hold the sane people, but if we tried to shut up the insane we should run out of building materials.
Mark Twain
Habit is habit, and not to be flung out the window by any man, but coaxed downstairs a step at a time.
Mark Twain
Laws are sand, customs are rock. Laws can be evaded and punishment escaped, but an openly transgressed custom brings sure punishment.
Mark Twain
I am a democrat only on principle, not by instinct -- nobody is that. Doubtless some people say they are, but this world is grievously given to lying.
Mark Twain
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