When we remember we are all mad, the mysteries disappear and life stands explained.

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About Mark Twain

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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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Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it.

The only way to keep your health is to eat what you don't want, drink what you don't like, and do what you'd druther not.

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

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When I was younger, I could remember anything, whether it had happened or not.

I can live for two months on a good compliment.

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The first mystery is simply that there is a mystery, a mystery that can never be explained or understood, only encountered from time to time. Nothing is obvious. Everything conceals something else.

—Lawrence Kushner

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A superstition is a premature explanation that overstays its time.

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You see, wire telegraph is a kind of a very, very long cat. You pull his tail in New York and his head is meowing in Los Angeles. Do you understand this? And radio operates exactly the same way: you send signals here, they receive them there. The only difference is that there is no cat.

—Albert Einstein

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An epigram often flashes light into regions where reason shines but dimly.

—Edwin P. Whipple

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A little inaccuracy sometimes saves tons of explanation.

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