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Quote by Mark Twain
Nothing seems to please a fly so much as to be taken for a currant

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

Other quotes by Mark Twain

Humor is the great thing, the saving thing. The minute it crops up, all our irritation and resentments slip away, and a sunny spirit takes their place. – Mark Twain

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Humor
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Mark Twain
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The time to begin writing an article is when you have finished it to your satisfaction. By that time you begin to clearly and logically perceive what it is you really want to say. – Mark Twain

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Writing
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Insects
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The mosquito is the state bird of New Jersey. – Andy Warhol

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If you want to live and thrive, let the spider run alive. – American Quaker Saying

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Teaching a child not to step on a caterpillar is as valuable to the child as it is to the caterpillar. – Bradley Millar

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Insects

Now what sort of man or woman or monster would stroke a centipede I have ever seen? And here is my good big centipede! If such a man exists, I say kill him without more ado. He is a traitor to the human race. – William S. Burroughs

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Random Quotes

Im shopping around for something to do that no one will like. – Jerry Garcia

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Recognition

I am but one member of a vast team made up of many organizations, officials, thousands of scientists, and millions of farmers – mostly small and humble – who for many years have been fighting a quiet, oftentimes losing war on the food production front. – Norman Borlaug

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Food

Unquiet meals make ill digestions. – William Shakespeare

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People who have tried it, tell me that a clear conscience makes you very happy and contented but a full stomach does the business quite as well, and is cheaper, and more easily obtained. – Jerome K. Jerome

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Business