Always acknowledge a fault. This will throw those in authority off their guard and give you an opportunity to commit more.
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Laughter without a tinge of philosophy is but a sneeze of humor. Genuine humor is replete with wisdom.Mark Twain
A man's house burns down. The smoking wreckage represents only a ruined home that was dear through years of use and pleasant associations. By and by, as the days and weeks go on, first he misses this, then that, then the other thing. And when he casts about for it he finds that it was in that house. Always it is an essential -- there was but one of its kind. It cannot be replaced. It was in that house. It is irrevocably lost. It will be years before the tale of lost essentials is complete, and not till then can he truly know the magnitude of his disaster.
Mark Twain
Everyone is like a moon, and has a dark side which he never shows to anybody.
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The man who sets out to carry a cat by its tail learns something that will always be useful and which never will grow dim or doubtful.
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The kingly office is entitled to no respect. It was originally procured by the highwayman's methods it remains a perpetuated crime, can never be anything but the symbol of a crime. It is no more entitled to respect than is the flag of a pirate.
Mark Twain
Maybe it's not as bad as it sounds.
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