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An average English word is four letters and a half. By hard, honest labor I've dug all the large words out of my vocabulary and shaved it down till the average is three and a half... I never write ''metropolis'' for seven cents, because I can get the same money for ''city'.' I never write ''policeman',' because I can get the same price for ''cop'.'... I never write ''valetudinarian'' at all, for not even hunger and wretchedness can humble me to the point where I will do a word like that for seven cents I wouldn't do it for fifteen.Mark Twain
The human race was always interesting and we know by its past that it will always continue so, monotonously.
Mark Twain
Nothing incites to money-crimes like great poverty or great wealth
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Thousands of geniuses live and die undiscovered - either by themselves or by others.
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There is no security in life, only opportunity.
Mark Twain
To be good is noble, but to teach others how to be good is nobler and less trouble.
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