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You may say what you want to, but in my opinion she had more sand in her than any girl I ever see; in my opinion she was just full of sand.

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I felt good and all washed clean of sin for the first time I had ever felt so in my life, and I knowed I could pray now. But I didn't do it straight o...more

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A clear conscience is the sure sign of a bad memory.

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Sometimes I wish we could hear of a country that’s out of kings.

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It's lovely to live on a raft. We had the sky up there, all speckled with stars, and we used to lay on our backs and look up at them, and discuss abou...more

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The source of all humor is not laughter, but sorrow.

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Heaven is by favor; if it were by merit your dog would go in and you would stay out. Of all the creatures ever made (man) is the most detestable. Of t...more

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A wise man does not waste so good a commodity as lying for naught.

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Conservatism is the blind and fear-filled worship of dead radicals.

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It is by the goodness of God that in our country we have those three unspeakably precious things: freedom of speech, freedom of conscience, and the pr...more

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Honesty: The best of all the lost arts.

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The government of my country snubs honest simplicity but fondles artistic villainy, and I think I might have developed into a very capable pickpocket ...more

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Never have a battle of wits with an unarmed person.

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

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If I had the remaking of man, he wouldn't have any conscience. It is one of the most disagreeable things connected with a person; and although it cert...more