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Maxioms by Mark Twain

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We have a criminal jury system which is superior to any in the world; and its efficiency is only marred read more

We have a criminal jury system which is superior to any in the world; and its efficiency is only marred by the difficulty of finding twelve men every day who don't know anything and can't read.

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When I was a boy of fourteen, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old read more

When I was a boy of fourteen, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be twenty-one, I was astonished at how much the old man had learned in seven years.

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The very ink in which history is written is merely fluid prejudice.

The very ink in which history is written is merely fluid prejudice.

by Mark Twain Found in: Prejudice Quotes,
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Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear - not absence of fear.

Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear - not absence of fear.

by Mark Twain Found in: Courage Quotes,
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Familiarity breeds contempt; and children.

Familiarity breeds contempt; and children.

by Mark Twain Found in: Familiarity Quotes,
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