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I don't know of a single foreign product that enters this country untaxed, except the answer to prayer.

I don't know of a single foreign product that enters this country untaxed, except the answer to prayer.

by Mark Twain Found in: Religion / beliefs Quotes,
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The right word may be effective, but no word was ever as effective as a rightly timed pause.

The right word may be effective, but no word was ever as effective as a rightly timed pause.

by Mark Twain Found in: Words Quotes,
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My books are water; those of the great geniuses are wine -- everybody drinks water.

My books are water; those of the great geniuses are wine -- everybody drinks water.

by Mark Twain Found in: Books Quotes,
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We should be careful to get out of an experience only the wisdom that is in it - and stop read more

We should be careful to get out of an experience only the wisdom that is in it - and stop there; lest we be like the cat that sits down on a hot stove lid. She will never sit on a hot stove lid again - and that is well; but also she will never sit down on a cold one anymore. -Mark Twain.

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There is nothing training cannot do. Nothing is above its reach. It can turn bad morals to good; it can read more

There is nothing training cannot do. Nothing is above its reach. It can turn bad morals to good; it can destroy bad principles and recreate good ones; it can lift men to angelship.. -Mark Twain.

by Mark Twain Found in: Training Quotes,
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Write without pay until somebody offers to pay

Write without pay until somebody offers to pay

by Mark Twain Found in: Writing Quotes,
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I have never taken any exercise except sleeping and resting.

I have never taken any exercise except sleeping and resting.

by Mark Twain Found in: Exercise Quotes, Sleep Quotes,
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Citizenship is what makes a republic; monarchies can get along without it

Citizenship is what makes a republic; monarchies can get along without it

by Mark Twain Found in: Citizenship Quotes,
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Biographies are but the clothes and buttons of a man -- the biography of the man himself cannot be written.

Biographies are but the clothes and buttons of a man -- the biography of the man himself cannot be written.

by Mark Twain Found in: Literature Quotes,
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The cat, having sat upon a hot stove lid, will not sit upon a hot stove lid again. But he read more

The cat, having sat upon a hot stove lid, will not sit upon a hot stove lid again. But he won't sit upon a cold stove lid, either.

by Mark Twain Found in: Cats Quotes,
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