The weakest of all weak things is a virtue which has not been tested in the fire.
~ Mark Twain

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I have been complimented many times and they always embarrass me; I always feel that they have not said enough.
~ Mark Twain

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I haven’t a particle of confidence in a man who has no redeeming petty vices whatsoever.
~ Mark Twain

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Laws are sand, customs are rock. Laws can be evaded and punishment escaped, but an openly transgressed custom brings sure punishment.
~ Mark Twain

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Thousands of geniuses live and die undiscovered — either by themselves or by others. But for the Civil War, Lincoln and Grant and Sherman and Sheridan would not have been discovered, nor have risen into notice.
~ Mark Twain

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You can’t depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus.
~ Mark Twain

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