It could probably be shown by facts and figures that there is no distinctly native American criminal class except Congress.
Religion was invented when the first con man met the first fool.
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More Quotes from Mark Twain
Life does not consist of facts. It consists mainly of the storm of thoughts that is forever flowing through one's head.
Heaven goes by favor. If it went by merit, you would stay out and your dog would go in.
Training is everything. The peach was once a bitter almond; cauliflower is nothing but cabbage with a college education.
No amount of evidence will ever persuade an idiot.
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For truth itself does not have the privilege to be employed at any time and in every way; its use, noble as it is, has its circumscriptions and limits.
The liar is no better than the thief, and if his mendacity takes the form of slander he may be worse than most thieves. It puts a premium upon knavery untruthfully to attack an honest man, or even with hysterical exaggeration to assail a bad man with untruth.
If you cannot be honest with yourself, there is no hope of being honest with anyone else.
No matter how big the lie; repeat it often enough and the masses will regard it as the truth.
I shall not commit the fashionable stupidity of regarding everything I cannot explain as a fraud.
Knowledge rests not upon truth alone, but upon error also.
You assist an evil system most effectively by obeying its orders and decrees. An evil system never deserves such allegiance. Allegiance to it means partaking of the evil. A good person will resist an evil system with his or her whole soul.
