George Washington, as a boy, was ignorant of the commonest accomplishments of youth. He could not even lie.

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About Mark Twain

Portrait of Mark Twain

Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, 1835 – April 21, 1910), known by the pen name Mark Twain, was an American writer, humorist, and essayist. He has been praised as the "greatest humorist the United States has produced", with William Faulkner calling him "the father of American literature". Twain's novels include...

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Good breeding consists of concealing how much we think of ourselves and how little we think of the other person.

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All say, "How hard it is that we have to die"—a strange complaint to come from the mouths of people who have had to live.

All generalizations are false, including this one.

The report of my death was an exaggeration.

Water, taken in moderation, cannot hurt anybody.

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If one is to be called a liar, one may as well make an effort to deserve the name.

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I'm not upset that you lied to me, I'm upset that from now on I can't believe you.

—Friedrich Nietzsche

Boys will lie, cheat, and steal to get into your pants. A man will stand the test of time. Make him wait, and you'll see which one he is.

—Penelope Douglas in Falling Away

Care keeps his watch in every old man's eye,
And where care lodges, sleep will never lie;
But where unbruised youth with unstuff'd brain
Doth couch his limbs, there golden sleep doth reign.

—William Shakespeare

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It was the men I deceived the most that I loved the most.

—Marguerite Duras

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