...It is hard to overestimate how far a man can go in America if he looks good on a horse.
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I would rather have my ignorance than another man's knowledge, because I have so much of it.Mark Twain
If it is a Miracle, any sort of evidence will answer, but if it is a Fact, proof is necessary.
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I have made it a rule never to smoke more than one cigar at a time.
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Reader, suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress. But I repeat myself.
Mark Twain
The vast majority of the race, whether savage or civilized, are secretly kind-hearted and shrink from inflicting pain, but in the presence of the aggressive and pitiless minority they don't dare to assert themselves.
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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.
Mark Twain
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I have always found that if I move with seventy-five percent or more of the facts that I usually never regret it. It's the guys who wait to have everything perfect that drive you crazy.
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