Quotes by Mark Twain’s motivation - 4

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

I have never taken any exercise except sleeping and resting.

Why is it that we rejoice at a birth and grieve at a funeral? It is because we are not the person involved.

Man will do many things to get himself loved, he will do all things to get himself envied.

When a person cannot deceive himself the chances are against his being able to deceive other people.

Thousands of geniuses live and die undiscovered - either by themselves or by others.

It is easier to stay out than get out.

It was wonderful to find America, but it would have been more wonderful to miss it.

There is no sadder sight than a young pessimist.

I have never let my schooling interfere with my education.

The educated Southerner has no use for an 'r', except at the beginning of a word.

Man - a creature made at the end of the week's work when God was tired.

No sinner is ever saved after the first twenty minutes of a sermon.

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

We are all alike, on the inside.

Necessity is the mother of taking chances.

The public is the only critic whose opinion is worth anything at all.

Often it does seem a pity that Noah and his party did not miss the boat.

George Washington, as a boy, was ignorant of the commonest accomplishments of youth. He could not even lie.

It is better to take what does not belong to you than to let it lie around neglected.

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