The right word may be effective, but no word was ever as effective as a rightly timed pause.
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.
I have never let my schooling interfere with my education.
Education: that which reveals to the wise, and conceals from the stupid, the vast limits of their knowledge.
I have been through some terrible things in my life, some of which actually happened.
Honesty is the best policy - when there is money in it.
Get your facts first, and then you can distort them as much as you please.
An Englishman is a person who does things because they have been done before. An American is a person who does things because they haven't been done before.
Always acknowledge a fault. This will throw those in authority off their guard and give you an opportunity to commit more.
All by Mark Twain
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