Delicacy - a sad, sad false delicacy - robs literature of the two best things among its belongings Family-circle narratives and obscene stories
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By his father he is English, by his mother he is American -- to my mind the blend which makes the perfect man.Mark Twain
Man is the Reasoning Animal. Such is the claim. I think it is open to dispute. Indeed, my experiments have proven to me that he is the Unreasoning Animal... In truth, man is incurably foolish. Simple things which other animals easily learn, he is incapable of learning. Among my experiments was this. In an hour I taught a cat and a dog to be friends. I put them in a cage. In another hour I taught them to be friends with a rabbit. In the course of two days I was able to add a fox, a goose, a squirrel and some doves. Finally a monkey. They lived together in peace even affectionately.
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Truth is neither alive nor dead it just aggravates itself all the time.
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We like a man to come right out and say what he thinks, if we agree with him.
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My mother had a great deal of trouble with me, but I think she enjoyed it.
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Human pride is not worthwhile there is always something lying in wait to take the wind out of it.
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