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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

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It could probably be shown by facts and figures that there is no distinctly native American criminal class except Congress. – Mark Twain

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Everything human is pathetic. The secret source of humor itself is not joy but sorrow. There is no humor in heaven. – Mark Twain

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I am an old man and have known a great many troubles, but most of them never happened. – Mark Twain

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When I look for my existence I do not look for it in myself. – Antonio Porchia, Voces, 1943, translated from Spanish by W.S. Merwin

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Your soul is all that you possess. Take it in hand and make something of it! – Martin H. Fischer (1879–1962)

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The world is not outside you. – Ramana Maharshi

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Our credulity is greatest concerning the things we know least about. And since we know least about ourselves, we are ready to believe all that is said about us. Hence the mysterious power of both flattery and calumny. – Eric Hoffer, The Passionate State of Mind

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In the future, my communications with the public and with the markets will be entirely through regular and formal channels. – Ben Bernanke

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