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

It is nobler to be good, and it is nobler to teach others to be good — and less trouble! – Mark Twain

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Aristocracy
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Nothing seems to please a fly so much as to be taken for a currant; and if it can be baked in a cake and palmed off on the unwary, it dies happy. – Mark Twain

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Insects
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We are known to our friends by a look in our eyes that we never see in a mirror. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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Self
[T]he hours are even now never so full of gain as when I give them to the sky, the sea, the open wold. Why should we grudge Nature our heart? We might as well grudge it to the God who made the world. – Adeline Sergeant, The Story of a Penitent Soul: Being the Private Papers of Mr.

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Self

The man that shows off, to that one who wants to convince of his value is to himself. – Doménico Cieri Estrada

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Self
[E]very donkey who ever peered at himself in the water of the stream he was crossing has enjoyed the sight and been sure he was a handsome horse. – Gustave Flaubert, letter to Louise Colet, 1846 October 7th, translated by Franci

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Self

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You will do foolish things, but do them with enthusiasm. – Colette

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Mistakes

Myspace alone has just over 80 million users and ranks as the sixth most popular English language website and the eighth most popular site in the world. – Mike Fitzpatrick

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alone

The truth has never been of any real value to any human being – it is a symbol for mathematicians and philosophers to pursue. In human relations kindness and lies are worth a thousand truths. – Graham Greene

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Truth

The ship of heaven guides itself and will not accept a wooden rudder. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Independence