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Quote by Mark Twain
Let us not be too particular. It is better to have old second-hand

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

Other quotes by Mark Twain

In the first place, God made idiots. That was for practice. Then he made school boards. – Mark Twain

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Education
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A man can seldom — very, very, seldom — fight a winning fight against his training; the odds are too heavy. – Mark Twain

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Training
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No God and no religion can survive ridicule. No political church, no nobility, no royalty or other fraud, can face ridicule in a fair field, and live. – Mark Twain

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Ridicule
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Other Quotes from
Jewelry
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In diving to the bottom of pleasure we bring up more gravel than pearls. – Honore de Balzac

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Jewelry

A fine quotation is a diamond on the finger of a witty person, but a pebble in the hands of a fool. – Author Unknown

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Jewelry

The aquamarine… has the glassy tint of the waves of the sea. – Charles Blanc, Art in Ornament and Dress, 1875, translated from French

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Jewelry

Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without. – Chinese Proverb

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Jewelry

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The real business of life is trying to understand each other. – Gilbert Parker

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All photos are accurate. None of them is the truth. – Richard Avedon

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The first lesson of economics is scarcity: there is never enough of anything to fully satisfy all those who want it. The first lesson of politics is to disregard the first lesson of economics. – Thomas Sowell

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