Quote by Mark Twain
There are several good protections against temptation, but the sur

There are several good protections against temptation, but the surest is cowardice. – Mark Twain

Other quotes by Mark Twain

My mother had a slender, small body, but a large heart — a heart so large that everybody’s joys found welcome in it, and hospitable accommodation. – Mark Twain

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Mothers
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Every time you stop a school, you will have to build a jail. What you gain at one end you lose at the other. Its like feeding a dog on his own tail. It wont fatten the dog. – Mark Twain

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Prison
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If you should rear a duck in the heart of the Sahara, no doubt it would swim if you brought it to the Nile. – Mark Twain

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Theres a confidence that comes from youth and not knowing better. But there comes a point, as an actor, when you do know better, and that is when the fear starts. – Kiefer Sutherland

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But to be the best, you must face the best. And to overcome your fear, you must deal with the best. – Barry Bonds

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Necessity of action takes away the fear of the act, and makes bold resolution the favorite of fortune. – Francis Quarles

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Hunger and fear are the only realities in dog life: an empty stomach makes a fierce dog. – Robert Falcon Scott

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No one understands that you have given everything. You must give more. – Antonio Porchia, Voces, 1943, translated from Spanish by W.S. Merwin

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We want all our friends to tell us our bad qualities; it is only the particular ass that does so whom we cant tolerate. – William James

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The worst of work nowadays is what happens to people when they cease to work. – G. K. Chesterton

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The thoughts that come often unsought, and, as it were, drop into the mind, are commonly the most valuable of any we have. – John Locke, 16 May 1699

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