Quote by Mark Twain
We do not deal much in facts when we are contemplating ourselves.

We do not deal much in facts when we are contemplating ourselves. – Mark Twain

Other quotes by Mark Twain

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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respect
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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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Training
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Soap and education are not as sudden as a massacre, but they are more deadly in the long run. – Mark Twain

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Education
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Other Quotes from
Self
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Biographies are but the clothes and buttons of the man — the biography of the man himself cannot be written. – Mark Twain, Autobiography, 1924

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Self

The outward man is the swinging door; the inner man is the still hinge. – Eckhart

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Self

There is part of us that stands in quiet witness to what we do, taking notes, waiting for a solitary moment to bring up the subject. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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Self

Take the time to come home to yourself every day. – Robin Casarjean

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Self

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All I wanted was to be big, to be in show business and to travel… and thats what Ive been doing all my life. – Count Basie

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The common erotic project of destroying women makes it possible for men to unite into a brotherhood this project is the only firm and trustworthy groundwork for cooperation among males and all male bonding is based on it. – Andrea Dworkin

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Women

Good manners are made up of petty sacrifices. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Manners

There is danger in reckless change, but greater danger in blind conservatism. – Henry George

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Change