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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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.
2/
If you don't read the newspaper, you're uninformed.
If you read the newspaper, you're misinformed.
If you don't read the newspaper, you're uninformed.
If you read the newspaper, you're misinformed.
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I have never let my schooling interfere with my education.
Education consists mainly of what we have unlearned.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything.
15/
A clear conscience is the sure sign of a bad memory.
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.
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.
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.
History doesn't repeat itself, but it does rhyme.
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Don't part with your illusions.
When they are gone you may still exist, but you have ceased to live.
Don't part with your illusions.
When they are gone you may still exist, but you have ceased to live.
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