In a good bookroom you feel in some mysterious way that you are absorbing the wisdom contained in all the books through your skin, without even opening them.

Picture Quote by Mark Twain

In a good bookroom you feel in some mysterious way that you are absorbing the wisdom contained in all the books through your skin, without even opening them.

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Never tell the truth to people who are not worthy of it

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Never tell the truth to people who are not worthy of it

Never allow someone to be your priority while allowing yourself to be their option.

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Never allow someone to be your priority while allowing yourself to be their option.

Name the greatest of all inventors. Accident.

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Name the greatest of all inventors. Accident.

I was gratified to be able to answer promptly, and I did. I said I...

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I was gratified to be able to answer promptly, and I did. I said I...

Substitute 'damn' every time you're inclined to write 'very;' your editor will delete it and...

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Substitute 'damn' every time you're inclined to write 'very;' your editor will delete it and...

If you don't read the newspaper, you're uninformed. If you read the newspaper, you're mis-informed.

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If you don't read the newspaper, you're uninformed. If you read the newspaper, you're mis-informed.

Reader, suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress. But...

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Reader, suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress. But...

I have never let my schooling interfere with my education

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I have never let my schooling interfere with my education

Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear - not absence of fear.

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Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear - not absence of fear.

Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and then...

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Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and then...

The Bible has noble poetry in it... and some good morals and a wealth of...

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The Bible has noble poetry in it... and some good morals and a wealth of...

Go to heaven for the climate and hell for the company

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Go to heaven for the climate and hell for the company

Don't part with your illusions. When they are gone you may still exist, but you...

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Don't part with your illusions. When they are gone you may still exist, but you...

Giving up smoking is the easiest thing in the world . I know because I've...

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Giving up smoking is the easiest thing in the world . I know because I've...

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

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

Wrinkles should merely indicate where the smiles have been.

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Wrinkles should merely indicate where the smiles have been.

Books are for people who wish they were somewhere else.

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Books are for people who wish they were somewhere else.