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«Of all the animals, man is the only one that is cruel. He is the only one that inflicts pain for the pleasure of doing it»
Author: Mark Twain
(Humorist, Lecturer, Writer)
| Keywords:
animals, cruel, inflicting, inflicts, The Animals, The Pleasure
«Words are only painted fire; a look is the fire itself»
«Laws control the lesser man... Right conduct controls the greater one.»
Author: Mark Twain
(Humorist, Lecturer, Writer)
| About:
Law and lawyers,
Right
| Keywords:
conduct, controls, Laws, lesser
«I have found out there ain't no surer way to find out whether you like people or hate them than to travel with them»
«There was never a century nor a country that was short of experts who knew the Deity's mind and were willing to reveal it.»
«There is nothing you can say in answer to a compliment. I have been complimented myself a great many times, and they always embarrass me --I always feel that they have not said enough.»
Author: Mark Twain
(Humorist, Lecturer, Writer)
| Keywords:
answer, compliment, complimented, embarrass, embarrasses, have-not, There Is Nothing
«Do not tell fish stories where the people know you; but particularly, don't tell them where they know the fish»
Author: Mark Twain
(Humorist, Lecturer, Writer)
| Keywords:
fish, particularly, stories, Telling Stories, tells a story, the fish
«Few things are harder to put up with than the annoyance of a good example.»
Author: Mark Twain
(Humorist, Lecturer, Writer)
| About:
Example
| Keywords:
annoyance, annoyances, example, few, good, good example, harder, Harder Than You, Hard on, hard up, put, put over, put through, put under, put up, Than, things, with
«Always acknowledge a fault. This will throw those in authority off their guard and give you an opportunity to commit more.»
Author: Mark Twain
(Humorist, Lecturer, Writer)
| About:
Knowledge
| Keywords:
acknowledge, acknowledges, authority, commit, fault, give off, guard, off, off guard, on guard, on your guard, throw, throw off
«Accident is the name of the greatest of all inventors.»
Author: Mark Twain
(Humorist, Lecturer, Writer)
| About:
Accidents
| Keywords:
accident, greatest, inventors, in name, in name only, name, naming, same name, that name, The Greatest, the inventor, The name, the same name
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