A THREAD on timeless thought provoking ideas by Mark Twain:

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Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions.

Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.
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If you don't read the newspaper, you're uninformed.

If you read the newspaper, you're misinformed.
3/

I have never let my schooling interfere with my education.

Education consists mainly of what we have unlearned.
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The man who does not read has no advantage over the man who cannot read.
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The fear of death follows from the fear of life.

A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.
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Don’t go around saying the world owes you a living.

The world owes you nothing.

It was here first.
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There is a charm about the forbidden that makes it unspeakably desirable.
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If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous he will not bite you.

This is the principal difference between a dog and a man.
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Of all the animals, man is the only one that is cruel.

He is the only one that inflicts pain for the pleasure of doing it.
10/

A banker is a fellow who lends you his umbrella when the sun is shining, but wants it back the minute it begins to rain.
11/

Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience.
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I have found out that there ain't no surer way to find out whether you like people or hate them than to travel with them.
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Never tell the truth to people who are not worthy of it.
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If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything.
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A clear conscience is the sure sign of a bad memory.
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Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to reform.
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Never put off till tomorrow what may be done day after tomorrow just as well.
18/

History doesn't repeat itself, but it does rhyme.
19/

Don't part with your illusions.

When they are gone you may still exist, but you have ceased to live.

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