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Quote by Mark Twain
A classic is something that everybody wants to have read and nobod

A classic is something that everybody wants to have read and nobody wants to read. – Mark Twain

Other quotes by Mark Twain

Most people are bothered by those passages of Scripture they do not understand, but the passages that bother me are those I do understand. – Mark Twain

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Religion
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Mark Twain
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The object of literature is to make man a wiser and happier being. The poet makes us happy because he tells us how we may become so. – Charles Lanman, “Thoughts on Literature,” 1840

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The extent of a palace is measured from east to west, or from north to south; but that of a literary work, from the earth to heaven; so that there may be found as much range and power of mind in a few pages… as in a whole epic poem. – Joseph Joubert (1754–1824), translated from French by George H. Calvert, 1

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Literature

The duty of literature is to note what counts, and to light up what is suited to the light. If it ceases to choose and to love, it becomes like a woman who gives herself without preference. – Anatole France

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Literature

The sermon is now the true poppy of literature. – David Swing

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Literature

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Be gentle to all and stern with yourself. – Saint Teresa of Avila

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Its frightening to think that you mark your children merely by being yourself. It seems unfair. You cant assume the responsibility for everything you do –or dont do. – Simone de Beauvoir

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