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

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To be good is noble but to show others how to be good is nobler and no trouble. – Mark Twain

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Man was made at the end of the weeks work when God was tired. – Mark Twain

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How long has it been since someone touched part of you other than your body? – Terri Guillemets

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It is seldom indeed that one parts on good terms, because if one were on good terms one would not part. – Marcel Proust, The Fugitive, Remembrance of Things Past, 1925

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The average man will bristle if you say his father was dishonest, but he will brag a little if he discovers that his great-grandfather was a pirate. – Bern Williams

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The answer to poverty is not charity, the solution to abortion is not laws, the key to saving the environment is not recycling. As Thoreau so wisely noted, we must strike at the root, not hack at the branches. – Terri Guillemets, “Comfort is not always the best medicine,” 1995

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Beauty is truth, truth beauty, – that is all ye know on earth, and all ye need to know. – John Keats

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Taste is the fundamental quality which sums up all the other qualities. It is the nec plus ultra of the intelligence. Through this alone is genius the supreme health and balance of all the faculties. – Isidore Ducasse Lautreamont

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I can relate to having those people in your life that you feel are moving on to this great, big, normal life and youre like, Whats wrong with me? – Kristen Wiig

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