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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

We have not all had the good fortune to be ladies. We have not all been generals, or poets, or statesmen; but when the toast works down to the babies, we stand on common ground. – Mark Twain

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Baby, Babies
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Mark Twain
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One of the most striking differences between a cat and a lie is that a cat has only nine lives. – Mark Twain

Category:
Cats
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Mark Twain
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Other Quotes from
Jewelry
category

The questions are diamonds you hold in the light. Study a lifetime and you see different colors from the same jewel. The same questions, asked again, bring you just the answers you need just the minute you need them. – Richard Bach, Running From Safety

Category:
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

Proverbs are mental gems gathered in the diamond districts of the mind. – William R. Alger

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Jewelry

The rarest things in the world, next to a spirit of discernment, are diamonds and pearls. – Jean de la Bruyere, translated from French

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Jewelry

Random Quotes

Theres a lot of people in this world who spend so much time watching their health that they havent the time to enjoy it. – Josh Billings

Category:
fitness

President Kennedy was willing to go to war. He was not a coward. The man had been in war and so had Ken ODonnell. He was ready to protect this nation, but he was not ready for a military solution just because it was being rammed down his throat. – Kevin Costner

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War

Have you ever been out for a late autumn walk in the closing part of the afternoon and suddenly looked up to realize that the leaves have practically all gone? And the sun has set and the day gone before you knew it – Hal Borland

Category:
Retirement

Let us be sure that those who come after will say of us in our time, that in our time we did everything that could be done. We finished the race we kept them free we kept the faith. – Ronald Reagan

Category:
Faith