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| "There was things that he stretched, but he mainly told the truth." -- Mark Twain, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1884) "All kings is mostly rapscallions." -- Mark Twain, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1884) "It is by the goodness of God that in our country we have those three unspeakably precious things: freedom of speech, freedom of conscience, and the prudence never to practise either of them." -- Mark Twain, Following the Equator (1897) "Familiarity breeds contempt -- and children." -- Mark Twain, Notebooks (1935) "The report of my death was an exaggeration." (Usually misquoted as: "Reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated.") -- Mark Twain in: New York Journal, 2nd June 1897 "Suppose you were an idiot and suppose you were a member of Congress. But I repeat myself." -- Mark Twain (attributed) "A banker is a fellow who lends you his umbrella when the sun is shining, but wants it back the minute it begins to rain." -- Mark Twain |
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