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Wrinkles should merely indicate whe…

Wrinkles should merely indicate where smiles have been.

Great short quote and quotation by: Mark Twain , US humorist, novelist, short story author, & wit (1835 – 1910)



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You cannot depend on your eyes when…

You cannot depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus.

Great short quote and quotation by: Mark Twain , US humorist, novelist, short story author, & wit (1835 – 1910)



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[He was] a solemn, unsmiling, sanct…

[He was] a solemn, unsmiling, sanctimonious old iceberg who looked like he was waiting for a vacancy in the Trinity.

Great short quote and quotation by: Mark Twain , US humorist, novelist, short story author, & wit (1835 – 1910)



[Humanity] has unquestionably one r…

[Humanity] has unquestionably one really effective weapon?laughter. Power, money, persuasion, supplication, persecution?these can lift at a colossal humbug?push it a little?weaken it a little, century by century; but only laughter can blow it to rags and atoms at a blast. Against the assault of laughter nothing can stand.

Great short quote and quotation by: Mark Twain, The Mysterious Stranger, chapter 10 (1916) , US humorist, novelist, short story author, & wit (1835 – 1910)



[Mankind] is governed by minorities…

[Mankind] is governed by minorities, seldom or never by majorities. It suppresses its feelings and its beliefs and follows the handful that makes the most noise. Sometimes the noisy handful is right, sometimes wrong, but no matter, the crowd follows it.

Great short quote and quotation by: Mark Twain, The Mysterious Stranger, Chapter IX , US humorist, novelist, short story author, & wit (1835 – 1910)