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Quote by Mark Twain
Humor must not professedly teach and it must not professedly preac

Humor must not professedly teach and it must not professedly preach, but it must do both if it would live forever. – Mark Twain

Other quotes by Mark Twain

In the real world, the right thing never happens in the right place and the right time. It is the job of journalists and historians to make it appear that it has. – Mark Twain

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Media
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What a wee little part of a persons life are his acts and his words! His real life is led in his head, and is known to none but himself. – Mark Twain

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Life
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Other Quotes from
Humor
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Have a sense of humor about life – you will need it. And be courteous. – Peter Jennings

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Humor

Confidence is at the root of so many attractive qualities, a sense of humor, a sense of style, a willingness to be who you are no matter what anyone else might think or say and its true, I do have a certain fondness for women that have dark hair. – Wentworth Miller

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Humor

A woman has to be intelligent, have charm, a sense of humor, and be kind. Its the same qualities I require from a man. – Catherine Deneuve

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Humor

The role of a comedian is to make the audience laugh, at a minimum of once every fifteen seconds. – Lenny Bruce

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Humor

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They very seldom let me lose my cool. They made me like I was Polly Perfect, which was ridiculous so that when I bump into kids on the street theyd say I wish my Mom were like you. – Charlotte Rae

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That happens every time I get behind a guitar, regardless of what Im saying, cause music is freedom and being free is the closest Ive ever felt to being spiritual. – Ben Harper

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Freedom

Only roam on, therefore, all fearless, in the many garden of romantic chivalrous poesy, which drawing within its circle all that is glorious and inspiring, gave itself but little concern as to where its flowers originally grew. – C.O. Müller (Karl Otfried Müller), Introduction to a Scientific System

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Quotations

When the waves are round me breaking,
As I pace the deck alone,
And my eye in vain is seeking
Some green leaf to rest upon;
What would not I give to wander
Where my old companions dwell?
Absence makes the heart grow fonder,
Isle of Beauty, fare thee well! – John Milton

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Reflection