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Mark Twain

I have made it a rule never to smoke more that one cigar at a time. – Mark Twain

All you need is ignorance and confidence and the success is sure. – Mark Twain

A person with a new idea is a crank until the idea succeeds. – Mark Twain

Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society. – Mark Twain

When people do not respect us we are sharply offended yet in his private heart no man much respects himself. – Mark Twain

Suppose you were an idiot, and suppose you were a member of Congress but I repeat myself. – Mark Twain

Patriot: the person who can holler the loudest without knowing what he is hollering about. – Mark Twain

The lack of money is the root of all evil. – Mark Twain

Wit is the sudden marriage of ideas which before their union were not perceived to have any relation. – Mark Twain

When you fish for love, bait with your heart, not your brain. – Mark Twain

To succeed in life, you need two things: ignorance and confidence. – Mark Twain

Everything human is pathetic. The secret source of humor itself is not joy but sorrow. There is no humor in heaven. – Mark Twain

The secret source of humor is not joy but sorrow there is no humor in Heaven. – Mark Twain

Humor must not professedly teach and it must not professedly preach, but it must do both if it would live forever. – Mark Twain

The very ink with which history is written is merely fluid prejudice. – Mark Twain

There are people who can do all fine and heroic things but one – keep from telling their happiness to the unhappy. – Mark Twain

My books are like water those of the great geniuses are wine. (Fortunately) everybody drinks water. – Mark Twain

My mother had a great deal of trouble with me, but I think she enjoyed it. – Mark Twain

I am an old man and have known a great many troubles, but most of them never happened. – Mark Twain

Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it. – Mark Twain