Quote by Mark Twain
I am an old man and have known a great many troubles, but most of

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

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Let us not be too particular. It is better to have old second-hand diamonds than none at all. – Mark Twain

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It used to take me all vacation to grow a new hide in place of the one they flogged off me during school term. – Mark Twain

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We should be careful to get out of an experience only the wisdom that is in it and stop there, lest we be like the cat that sits down on a hot stove-lid. She will never sit down on a hot stove-lid again, and that is well; but also she will never sit down on a cold one anymore. – Mark Twain

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A great empire, like a great cake, is most easily diminished at the edges. – Benjamin Franklin

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Wave after wave of love flooded the stage and washed over me, the beginning of the one great durable romance of my life. – Bette Davis

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My mother had a great deal of trouble with me, but I think she enjoyed it. – Mark Twain

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