"Fleas can be taught nearly anything a..." - Quote by Mark Twain
Fleas can be taught nearly anything a congressman can.
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“I have never taken any exercise, except sleeping and resting, and I never intend to take any.”
“As one boy said, 'I was thinking all these horrible thoughts about my parents when suddenly it hit me-if they're all that bad, how come I'm so wonderful'”
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“From a political point of view, there is but one principle, the sovereignty of man over himself. This sovereignty of myself over myself is called Liberty”
“Politics is not a game. It is an earnest business.”
“From the time they get up in the morning and flush the toilet, they're taxed. Then they go and get the cup of coffee, they're taxed....This goes on all day long. Tax, tax, tax.”
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“When a man teaches something he does not know to somebody else who has no aptitude for it, and gives him a certificate of proficiency, the latter has completed the education of a gentleman.”
“I loved my mother very much, but she was not a good cook. Most turkeys taste better the day after; my mother's tasted better the day before. In our house Thanksgiving was a time for sorrow.”
“Politicians and diapers must be changed often, and for the same reason.”