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Whenever you find that you are on the side of the majority, it is time
to reform.
-- Mark Twain
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| Linux Literature: 241 of 256 |
Whoever has lived long enough to find out what life is, knows how deep a debt
of gratitude we owe to Adam, the first great benefactor of our race. He
brought death into the world.
-- Mark Twain, "Pudd'nhead Wilson's Calendar"
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| Linux Literature: 242 of 256 |
Why is it that we rejoice at a birth and grieve at a funeral? It is because we
are not the person involved.
-- Mark Twain, "Pudd'nhead Wilson's Calendar"
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Work consists of whatever a body is obliged to do.
Play consists of whatever a body is not obliged to do.
-- Mark Twain
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| Linux Literature: 244 of 256 |
Wrinkles should merely indicate where smiles have been.
-- Mark Twain
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| Linux Literature: 245 of 256 |
Writing is easy; all you do is sit staring at the blank sheet of paper until
drops of blood form on your forehead.
-- Gene Fowler
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| Linux Literature: 246 of 256 |
Writing is turning one's worst moments into money.
-- J.P. Donleavy
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| Linux Literature: 247 of 256 |
"You have been in Afghanistan, I perceive."
-- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, "A Study in Scarlet"
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"You have heard me speak of Professor Moriarty?"
"The famous scientific criminal, as famous among crooks as --"
"My blushes, Watson," Holmes murmured, in a deprecating voice.
"I was about to say 'as he is unknown to the public.'"
-- A. Conan Doyle, "The Valley of Fear"
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You may my glories and my state dispose,
But not my griefs; still am I king of those.
-- William Shakespeare, "Richard II"
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