A man's character may be learned from the adjectives which he habitually uses in conversation.
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We are discreet sheep we wait to see how the drove is going, and then go with the drove. We have two opinions one private, which we are afraid to express and another one the one we use which we force ourselves to wear to please Mrs. Grundy, until habit makes us comfortable in it, and the custom of defending it presently makes us love it, adore it, and forget how pitifully we came by it. Look at it in politics.Mark Twain
When a teacher calls a boy by his entire name, it means trouble
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I could never learn to like her, except on a raft at sea with no other provisions in sight.
Mark Twain
What ought to be done to the man who invented the celebrating of anniversaries Mere killing would be too light.
Mark Twain
The gentle reader will never, never know what a consummate ass he can become, until he goes abroad.
Mark Twain
The secret source of humor is not joy but sorrow; there is no humor in Heaven.
Mark Twain
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