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Thunder is good, thunder is impressive; but it is the lightning th

Thunder is good, thunder is impressive; but it is the lightning that does the work. – Mark Twain

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Love seems the swiftest but it is the slowest of all growths. No man or woman really knows what perfect love is until they have been married a quarter of a century. – Mark Twain

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I did not attend his funeral; but I wrote a nice letter saying I approved of it. About a politician who had recently died – Mark Twain

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