Mark Twain

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"We may not pay Satan reverence, for that would be indiscreet, but we can at least respect his talents."	Fear
"What are the proper proportions of a maxim? A minimum of sound to a maximum of sense."	Quotations
"When in doubt, tell the truth."	Comedy, Honesty
"Work is a necessary evil to be avoided."	Work
"Yes, Agassiz does recommend authors to eat fish, because the phosphorus in it makes brain. So far you are correct. But I cannot help you to a decision about the amount you need to eat - at least, not with certainty. If the specimen composition you send is about your fair usual average, I should judge that a couple of whales would be all you would want for the present. Not the largest kind, but simply good middling-sized whales."	Success, Insults
"Yesterday, everybody smoked his last cigar, took his last drink and swore his last oath. Today, we are a pious and exemplary community. Thirty days from now, we shall have cast our reformation to the winds and gone to cutting our ancient shortcomings considerably shorter than ever."	Quotations
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