Jim was most ruined for a servant, because he got stuck up on account of having seen the devil and been rode by witches.
from the book "" by Mark Twain
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H'aint we got all the fools in town on our side? And ain' t that a big enough majority in any town?
from the book "" by Mark Twain
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Work consists of whatever a body is obliged to do, and... Play consists of whatever a body is not obliged to do.
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When even the brightest mind in our world has been trained up from childhood in a superstition of any kind, it will never be possible for that mind, in its maturity, to examine sincerely, dispassionately, and conscientiously any evidence or any circumstance which shall seem to cast a doubt upon the validity of that superstition. I doubt if I could do it myself.
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Posted by: Marianna Mansueto
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The difference between the almost right word and the right word is really a large matter—'tis the difference between the lightning-bug and the lightning.
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Time that distinguishes the rule will make fear to whom painfully remembers.
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Always do right. This will gratify some people and astonish the rest.
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Persons attempting to find a motive in this narrative will be prosecuted; persons attempting to find a moral in it will be banished; persons attempting to find a plot in it will be shot.
By order of the author.
from the book "" by Mark Twain
With subtle irony we nobilitate God with the appellation of Father, knowing very well that a father such as him we would want to hang, if we were able to catch him.
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Posted by: gdevil
It ain't those parts of the Bible that I can't understand that bother me, it is the parts that I do understand.
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