Quote by Mark Twain
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

Other quotes by Mark Twain

God made the Idiot for practice, and then He made the School Board. – Mark Twain

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God
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No one can write perfect English and keep it up through a stretch of ten chapters. It has never been done. – Mark Twain

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Grammar
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Where a blood relation sobs, an intimate friend should choke up, a distant acquaintance should sigh, a stranger should merely fumble sympathetically with his handkerchief. – Mark Twain

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Funerals
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Other Quotes from
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I am chained to the earth to pay for the freedom of my eyes. – Antonio Porchia, Voces, 1943, translated from Spanish by W.S. Merwin

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I know what I have given you. I do not know what you have received. – Antonio Porchia, Voces, 1943, translated from Spanish by W.S. Merwin

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The bat hanging upside down laughs at the topsy-turvy world. – Japanese Proverb

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After the striving, the fine talk, and the grandeur of dreams — all that remains is an elegance of bones. – Dr. Idel Dreimer, www.lumpenbangenpiano.com

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Its a great country, where anybody can grow up to be president… except me. – Barry Goldwater

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Sometimes I feel my whole life has been one big rejection. – Marilyn Monroe

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If youre proactive, you dont have to wait for circumstances or other people to create perspective expanding experiences. You can consciously create your own. – Stephen Covey

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My language is the common prostitute that I turn into a virgin. – Karl Kraus

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