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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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I believe that our Heavenly Father invented man because he was disappointed in the monkey. – Mark Twain

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

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

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The Ancient Mariner would not have taken so well if it had been called The Old Sailor. – Samuel Butler

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Language ought to be the joint creation of poets and manual workers. – George Orwell

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

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By such innovations are languages enriched, when the words are adopted by the multitude, and naturalized by custom. – Miguel de Cervantes

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