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In certain trying circumstances, urgent circumstances, desperate circumstances, profanity furnishes a relief denied even to prayer. – Mark Twain

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When we remember we are all mad, the mysteries disappear and life stands explained. – Mark Twain

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Part of the secret of a success in life is to eat what you like and let the food fight it out inside. – Mark Twain

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A man can seldom — very, very, seldom — fight a winning fight against his training; the odds are too heavy. – Mark Twain

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The downtrodden, who are the great creators of slang. – Anthony Burgess

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Thanks to words, we have been able to rise above the brutes; and thanks to words, we have often sunk to the level of the demons. – Aldous Huxley

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I was reading the dictionary. I thought it was a poem about everything. – Steven Wright

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