Mark Twain
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Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it doesn't matter.
If it's your job to eat a frog, it's best to do it first thing in the morning. And If it's your job to eat two frogs, it's best to eat the biggest one first.
It usually takes me more than three weeks to prepare a good impromptu speech.
Few things are harder to put up with than the annoyance of a good example.
Thunder is good, thunder is impressive; but it is lightning that does the work.
Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it.
My books are like water; those of the great geniuses are wine. (Fortunately) everybody drinks water.
The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up.
Loyalty to the Nation all the time, loyalty to the Government when it deserves it.
Part of the secret of a success in life is to eat what you like and let the food fight it out inside.
When angry, count to four; when very angry, swear.
When a person cannot deceive himself the chances are against his being able to deceive other people.
Be careful about reading health books. You may die of a misprint.
It's good sportsmanship to not pick up lost golf balls while they are still rolling.
Don't let schooling interfere with your education.
Prophesy is a good line of business, but it is full of risks.
I never let schooling interfere with my education.
You can't depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus.
It were not best that we should all think alike; it is difference of opinion that makes horse races.
I have never taken any exercise, except sleeping and resting, and I never intend to take any.
Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear.
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