Don't tell fish stories where the people know you; but particularly, don't tell them where they know the fish.
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Why was the human race created God had His opportunity. He could have made a reputation. But no, He must commit this grotesque folly -- a lark which must have cost Him a regret or two when He came to think it over and observe effects.Mark Twain
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Never put off till tomorrow what you can do the day after tomorrow.
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You perceive I generalize with intrepidity from single instances. It is the tourist's custom.
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Whem I'm playful I use the meridians and parallels of latitude for a seine, and drag the Atlantic Ocean for whales I scratch my head with the lightning and purr myself to sleep with the thunder.
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Indecency, vulgarity, obscenity these are strictly confined to man he invented them. Among the higher animals there is no trace of them. They hide nothing. They are not ashamed.
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