"When I reflect upon the number of..." - Quote by Mark Twain
When I reflect upon the number of disagreeable people who I know have gone to a better world, I am moved to lead a different life.
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“An injurious truth has no merit over an injurious lie. Neither should ever be uttered. The man who speaks an injurious truth, lest his soul be not saved if he do otherwise, should reflect that that sort of a soul is not strictly worth saving.”
“If we read the words and attitudes of the past through the pompous "wisdom" of the considered moral judgments of the present, we will find nothing but error.”
“Life would be infinitely happier if we could only be born at the age of eighty and gradually approach eighteen.”
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“Natural death is independent of all reason and is really an irrational death, in which the pitiable substance of the shell determines how long the kernel is to exist or not; in which, accordingly, the stunted, diseased and dull witted jailer is lord, and indicates the moment at which his distinguished prisoner shall die.”
“This book should be read as one would read the book of a dead man.”
“. . . nothing in his life Became him like the leaving it; he died As one that had been studied in his death To throw away the dearest thing he owed, As 'twere a careless trifle.”
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“I am a violent man who has learned not to be violent and regrets his violence.”
“Is virtue a thing remote? I wish to be virtuous, and lo! Virtue is at hand.”
“Usually, making excuses is just something we can get away with, rather than challenging or changing ourselves. If you want to change and you want your life to work at a level you've never had before, then take responsibility for it.”