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Mark Twain Quotes
«The proper office of a friend is to side with you when you are in the wrong»
«When I was a boy of 14, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be 21, I was astonished at how much the old man had learned in seven years.»
Author: Mark Twain
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Humorist,
Lecturer,
Writer)
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Keywords:
astonished,
boy,
Father,
hardly,
ignorant,
my father,
Old Boys,
old man,
seven,
Seven Years,
The old man|
Occasions:
Father's day
«I can speak French but I cannot understand it.»
«It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt.»
Author: Mark Twain
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Humorist,
Lecturer,
Writer)
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Keywords:
by mouth,
closed,
doubt,
fool,
I doubt it,
keep,
keep open,
mouth,
mouthed,
On the Mouth,
open,
remove
«If man could be crossed with the cat, it would improve man but deteriorate the cat.»
Author: Mark Twain
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Humorist,
Lecturer,
Writer)
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Keywords:
CAT,
crossed,
crossing over,
Crossing the,
cross out,
deteriorate,
deteriorated,
deteriorates,
deteriorating,
improve,
The Cat
«Suppose you were an idiot and suppose you were a member of Congress. But I repeat myself»
Author: Mark Twain
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Humorist,
Lecturer,
Writer)
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About:
Funny
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Keywords:
congress,
Congress of,
idiot,
member,
myself,
repeat,
suppose,
supposes,
The Idiot
«It takes me along time to lose my temper, but once lost I could not find it with a dog»
«Kindness is a language which the deaf can hear and the and the blind can see»
Author: Mark Twain
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Humorist,
Lecturer,
Writer)
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About:
Kindness
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Keywords:
and the,
blind,
blinder,
blinding,
deaf,
deaf to,
hear,
hear out,
is a,
kindness,
kindnesses,
language,
languages of,
Other languages,
see,
Their language,
The Blind
«Virtue has never been as respectable as money»
«There ought to be a room in every house to swear in»
Author: Mark Twain
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Humorist,
Lecturer,
Writer)
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Keywords:
house,
housed,
housing,
In Your House,
ought,
Our House,
room,
rooming,
rooming house,
swear,
swears,
swear in