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Samuel Langhorne Clemens
United States
30 Nov 1835 // 21 Apr 1910
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On Woman:
What would men be without women? Scarce, sir, mighty scarce
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On Self-knowledge:
We are all alike, on the inside
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On Truth:
Truth is mighty and will prevail. There is nothing wrong with this, except that it ain't so
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On Recompense:
To refuse awards is another way of accepting them with more noise than is normal
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On Geniality:
Thousands of geniuses live and die undiscovered - either by themselves or by others
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On Youth:
There is no sadder sight than a young pessimist
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On Happiness:
There are people who can do all fine and heroic things but one - keep from telling their happiness to the unhappy
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On Wisdom:
The wit knows that his place is at the tail of a procession
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On Madness:
The trouble ain't that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain't distributed right
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On Opinion:
The public is the only critic whose opinion is worth anything at all
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Ralph Waldo Emerson
On Anger:
"For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
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Friedrich Nietzsche
On Destiny:
"Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature: it is our future that lays down the law of our today."
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Francis Bacon
On Friendship:
"A crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love."
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