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Famous Quotes,
Proverbs, and Sayings
Proverbs, and Sayings
Mark Twain Quote
 | “Life would be infinitely happier if we could only be born at the age of eighty and gradually approach eighteen.” ―Mark Twain Source/Notes: As quoted in: Autobiography with letters (1939) by William Lyon Phelps, p. 965 |
 | “Individual rights are not subject to a public vote; a majority has no right to vote away the rights of a minority; the political function of rights is precisely to protect minorities from oppression by majorities (and the smallest minority on earth is the individual).” ―Ayn Rand Source/Notes: The Virtue of Selfishness (1964 edition), Penguin - ISBN: 9781101137222 |
 | “Human beings are so made that the ones who do the crushing feel nothing; it is the person crushed who feels what is happening. Unless one has placed oneself on the side of the oppressed, to feel with them, one cannot understand.” ―Simone Weil Source/Notes: To her pupils at Roanne in 1934. As reported in "Utopian pessimist: the life and thought of Simone Weil" (Poseidon Press, 1990) by David McLellan, p. 93 |
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 | “How did it get so late so soon? It's night before it's afternoon. December is here before it's June. My goodness how the time has flewn. How did it get so late so soon?” ―Dr. Seuss Source/Notes: Earliest reference found in a webpage updated in 1997: http://web.archive.org/web/19980122214055/http://www.iwaynet.net/~wstocks/fun/seuss.html |
Mark Twain
Born: November 30, 1835
Died: April 21, 1910 (aged 74)
Nationality: American
Occupation: Author, writer, lecturer
Bio: Samuel Langhorne Clemens, better known by his pen name Mark Twain, was an American author and humorist. He is most noted for his novels, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, and its sequel, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, the latter often called the Great American Novel.
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