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" The right word may be effective, but no word was ever as effective as a rightly timed pause. "

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" The lack of money is the root of all evil. "

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

" Buy land, they're not making it anymore. "

" There are several good protections against temptation, but the surest is cowardice. "

" It is easier to stay out than get out. "

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" Ideally a book would have no order to it, and the reader would have to discover his own. "

" Let us make a special effort to stop communicating with each other, so we can have some conversation. "

" The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who cannot read them. "

" Apparently there is nothing that cannot happen today. "

" The most interesting information comes from children, for they tell all they know and then stop. "

" A man's character may be learned from the adjectives which he habitually uses in conversation. "

" The finest clothing made is a person's own skin, but, of course, society demands something more than this. "

" Only kings, presidents, editors, and people with tapeworms have the right to use the editorial 'we.' "

" Biographies are but the clothes and buttons of the man. The biography of the man himself cannot be written. "

" Loyalty to the Nation all the time, loyalty to the Government when it deserves it. "

" In 'Huckleberry Finn,' I have drawn Tom Blankenship exactly as he was. He was ignorant, unwashed, insufficiently fed; but he had as good a heart as ever any boy had. "

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" Part of the secret of a success in life is to eat what you like and let the food fight it out inside. "