Quote by Mark Twain (about Humanity, Gratitude, Animals, Dogs)

If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous, he will not bite you. This is the principal difference between a dog and a man.

Mark Twain

Humanity Gratitude Animals Dogs

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A kiss is something you need both hands for.

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Preserve your illusions. When they are gone you may still exist, but not live.

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Give every day the chance to become the most beautiful day of your life.

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Let us consider that we are all partially insane. It will explain us to each other; it will unriddle many riddles.

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I do not wish any reward but to know I have done the right thing.

Mark Twain in Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why.

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If you tell the truth you do not need a good memory.

Mark Twain in Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

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Good friends, good books, and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.

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Everyone is a moon, and has a dark side which he never shows to anybody.

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German literacy ought to be gently and reverently set aside among the dead languages, for only the dead have time to learn it.

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'Classic' - a book which people praise and don't read.

Mark Twain

'You can go home now,' Tom told us.
'We'll meet next week. Then we can rob somebody and kill some people.'

Mark Twain in Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

That's the difference between governments and individuals. Governments don't care, individuals do.

Mark Twain in A Tramp Abroad

I went often to look at the collection of curiosities in Heidelberg Castle, and one day I surprised the keeper of it with my German. I spoke entirely in that language. He was greatly interested; and after I had talked a while he said my German was very rare, possibly a 'unique'; and wanted to add it to his museum.

Mark Twain in A Tramp Abroad

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Maybe not, maybe not. Cheer up, Becky, and let's go on trying.

Mark Twain in The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

Too much of anything is bad, but too much good whiskey is barely enough.

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If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything.

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Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.

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A person who won't read has no advantage over one who can't read.

Mark Twain

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Don't go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first.

Mark Twain

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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

Greed Banks

Harry, suffering like this proves you are still a man! This pain is part of being human.

Albus Dumbledore in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

Humanity Breakup Grief & Condolence

As much money and life as you could want! The two things most human beings would choose above all - the trouble is, humans do have a knack of choosing precisely those things that are worst for them.

Albus Dumbledore in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

Greed Humanity Money

Learn to treasure your life because unfortunately, it can be taken away from you anytime.

L Lawliet in Death Note

Gratitude

Even if things are painful and tough, people should appreciate what it means to be alive.

Yato in Noragami

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A dog has no use for fancy cars, big homes, or designer clothes. A water logged stick will do just fine. A dog doesn't care if you're rich or poor, clever or dull, smart or dumb. Give him your heart and he'll give you his. How many people can you say that about? How many people can make you feel rare and pure and special? How many people can make you feel extraordinary?

Marley & Me

Animals Dogs

Who feeds a hungry animal, feeds his own soul.

Charlie Chaplin

Animals

I am NOT telling you to be aggressive! I am telling you to stay in control. Be calm and assertive!

Cesar Millan (Rudelführer, Hundetrainer)

Dogs

A dog is the only thing on earth that loves you more than you love yourself.

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Animals Dogs

You don't know about me without you have read a book by the name of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer; but that ain't no matter. That book was made by Mr. Mark Twain, and he told the truth, mainly. There was things which he stretched, but mainly he told the truth.

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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

Who knows, he may grow up to be President someday, unless they hang him first.

Mark Twain in The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

Ah, if he could only die temporarily!

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The Germans are exceedingly fond of Rhine wines; they are put up in tall, slender bottles, and are considered a pleasant beverage. One tells them from vinegar by the label.

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Germany Wine

After all, you still need time to just sit there and take a look around.

Astrid Lindgren

"Oh yes, time flies and before you know it you're old," said Pippi. "Come autumn I'll be ten, and I suppose I'll be past my prime then."

Astrid Lindgren in Pippi Longstocking

Age

It's real, Six. You can't get mad at a real ending. Some of them are ugly. It's the fake happily ever afters that should piss you off.

Colleen Hoover in Hopeless

I want you to help them open... because I need you to watch me give you the very last piece of my heart.

Colleen Hoover in Hopeless

What other people think of you is none of your business.

Paulo Coelho

Self-Confidence Gossip & Rumors

If you're brave enough to say goodbye, life will reward you with a new hello.

Paulo Coelho

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This is the true measure of love: When we believe that we alone can love, that no one could ever have loved so before us, and that no one will ever love in the same way after us.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Love

There are only two lasting bequests we can hope to give our children. One of these is roots, the other, wings.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Children & Childhood Family Parents

The Light failed; but the Darkness that followed was more than loss of light.

J.R.R. Tolkien in The Silmarillion

Darkness

The Elves made many rings; but secretly Sauron made One Ring to rule all the others, and their power was bound up with it.

J.R.R. Tolkien in The Silmarillion

Whether you come back by page or by the big screen, Hogwarts will always be there to welcome you home.

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I do believe something very magical can happen when you read a good book.

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Books Reading

The first time you fall in love, it changes you forever and no matter how hard you try, that feeling just never goes away.

Nicholas Sparks in The Notebook

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Every girl is beautiful. Sometimes it just takes the right guy to see it.

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Quote by Mark Twain (about Humanity, Gratitude, Animals, Dogs)

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