The fact that man knows right from wrong proves his intellectual superiority to the other creatures; but the fact that he can do wrong proves his moral inferiority to any creatures that cannot.

Quote by Mark Twain

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The secret source of humour itself is not joy, but sorrow. There is no humour...

The secret source of humour itself is not joy, but sorrow. There is no humour...

Necessity is the mother of taking chances.

Necessity is the mother of taking chances.

The exercise of an extraordinary gift is the supremest pleasure in life.

The exercise of an extraordinary gift is the supremest pleasure in life.

In certain trying circumstances, urgent circumstances, desperate circumstances, profanity furnishes a relief denied even to...

In certain trying circumstances, urgent circumstances, desperate circumstances, profanity furnishes a relief denied even to...

Learn to ride a bicycle. You will not regret it if you live.

Learn to ride a bicycle. You will not regret it if you live.

Now is the accepted time to make your regular annual good resolutions. Next week you...

Now is the accepted time to make your regular annual good resolutions. Next week you...

Love is the irresistible desire to be irresistibly desired.

Love is the irresistible desire to be irresistibly desired.

There is no unhappiness like the misery of sighting land again after a cheerful, careless...

There is no unhappiness like the misery of sighting land again after a cheerful, careless...

It is often the case that a man who cant tell a lie thinks he...

It is often the case that a man who cant tell a lie thinks he...

It is vain to find fault with those arts of deceiving where in men find...

It is vain to find fault with those arts of deceiving where in men find...

Men are able to trust one another, knowing the exact degree of dishonesty they are...

Men are able to trust one another, knowing the exact degree of dishonesty they are...

Every act of dishonesty has at least two victims: the one we think of as...

Every act of dishonesty has at least two victims: the one we think of as...

There is no kind of dishonesty into which otherwise good people more easily and frequently...

There is no kind of dishonesty into which otherwise good people more easily and frequently...

Honesty is for the most part less profitable than dishonesty.

Honesty is for the most part less profitable than dishonesty.

Children can tell spectacular lies and make one smile with their unabashed honesty and then...

Children can tell spectacular lies and make one smile with their unabashed honesty and then...

I do not believe we can blame genetics for adultery, homosexuality, dishonesty and other character...

I do not believe we can blame genetics for adultery, homosexuality, dishonesty and other character...

The best liar is he who makes the smallest amount of lying go the longest...

The best liar is he who makes the smallest amount of lying go the longest...

Accuracy is the twin brother of honesty; inaccuracy, of dishonesty.

Accuracy is the twin brother of honesty; inaccuracy, of dishonesty.

This budget is like an Enron budget -- smoke the numbers, cook the books, hide...

This budget is like an Enron budget -- smoke the numbers, cook the books, hide...

The man who hints that you are a thief is almost sure to have a...

The man who hints that you are a thief is almost sure to have a...

Here lies William Trollope, Who made these stones roll up; When death took his soul...

Here lies William Trollope, Who made these stones roll up; When death took his soul...