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Quote by Mark Twain
We should be careful to get out of an experience only the wisdom t

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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The finest clothing made is a persons own skin, but, of course, society demands something more than this. – Mark Twain

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Often, the less there is to justify a traditional custom, the harder it is to get rid of it. – Mark Twain

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We could use up two Eternities in learning all that is to be learned about our own world and the thousands of nations that have arisen and flourished and vanished from it. Mathematics alone would occupy me eight million years. – Mark Twain

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If you are allergic to a thing, it is best not to put that thing in your mouth, particularly if the thing is cats. – Lemony Snicket

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It is remarkable, in cats, that the outer life they reveal to their masters is one of perpetual boredom. – Robley Wilson, Jr.

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