Author » Twain, Mark
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Biographies are but the clothes and buttons of the man. The biography of the man himself cannot be written.
Whoever has lived long enough to find out what life is, knows how deep a debt of gratitude we owe to Adam, the first great benefactor of our race. He brought death into the world.
Do something every day that you don't want to do. This is the golden rule for acquiring the habit of doing your duty without pain.
Where a blood relation sobs, an intimate friend should choke up, a distant acquaintance should sigh, a stranger should merely fumble sympathetically with his handkerchief.
The way to keep your health is to eat what you don't want, drink what you don't like, and do what you'd rather not.
I have a higher and grander standard of principle than George Washington. He could not lie; I can, but I won t.