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20 Great Mark Twain Quotes Pt 1 (1-6)
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7-16-2008 11:54 PM
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Come on! It;s Mark Twain, you cant paraphrase Twain!
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7-17-2008
7:02 PM
syncopath
Wit is the sudden marriage of ideas which before their union were not perceived to have any relation.
Mark Twain
7-26-2008
1:14 AM
maypeaceprevail
"Total abstinence is so excellent a thing that it cannot be carried to too great an extent. In my passion for it I even carry it so far as to totally abstain from total abstinence itself." love it !
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