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«Do not undervalue the headache. While it is at its sharpest it seems a bad investment; but when relief begins, the unexpired remainder is worth $4 a minute.»
Author: Mark Twain
(Humorist, Lecturer, Writer)
| Keywords:
headache, headaches, investment, investments, relief, remainder, sharpest, undervalue, undervalued, undervalues, undervaluing, unexpired
«I have no race prejudice. I think I have no color prejudices or caste prejudices nor creed prejudices. Indeed, I know it. I can stand any society. All that I care to know is that a man is a human being -- that is enough for me; he can't be any worse.»
Author: Mark Twain
(Humorist, Lecturer, Writer)
| About:
Discrimination,
Irony,
Prejudice
| Keywords:
caste, castes, creed
«It is best to read the weather forecast before praying for rain»
Author: Mark Twain
(Humorist, Lecturer, Writer)
| Keywords:
forecast, forecasting, forecasts, good weather, praying, weather forecast, weather forecasting
«India is the cradle of the human race, the birthplace of human speech, the mother of history, the grandmother of legend, and the great grand mother of tradition. Our most valuable and most astrictive materials in the history of man are treasured up in India only!»
Author: Mark Twain
(Humorist, Lecturer, Writer)
| Keywords:
birthplace, cradle, grandmother, great grandmother, India, legend, materials, most-valuable, treasured
«Richard Wagner: A composer whose music is better than it sounds»
Author: Mark Twain
(Humorist, Lecturer, Writer)
| About:
Music
| Keywords:
composer, Richard, Richard I, Richard Wagner, Wagner
«There isn't anything you can't stand, if you are only born and bred to it»
«George Washington, as a boy, was ignorant of the commonest accomplishments of youth. He could not even lie.»
Author: Mark Twain
(Humorist, Lecturer, Writer)
| Keywords:
accomplishments, Boy George, commonest, George Washington
«I think a compliment ought always to precede a complaint, where one is possible, because it softens resentment and insures for the complaint a courteous and gentle reception»
Author: Mark Twain
(Humorist, Lecturer, Writer)
| About:
Compliments
| Keywords:
complaint, compliment, courteous, insured, insures, insuring, precede, reception, receptions, resentment, softens
«A big leather-bound volume makes an ideal razor strap. A thin book is useful to stick under a table with a broken caster to steady it. A large, flat atlas can be used to cover a window with a broken pane. And a thick, old-fashioned heavy book with a clasp is the finest thing in the world to throw at a noisy cat.»
«Why is it that we rejoice at a birth and grieve at a funeral? It is because we are not the person involved»
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