We are proud to have Mark Twain as our school's namesake. He is an American literary legend known for expressing his insights through both wit and wisdom.
Here is a small sample of quotes from his writings:
"Where prejudice exists it always discolors our thoughts."
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"I have no color prejudices nor caste prejudices nor creed prejudices. All I care to know is that a man is a human being, and that is enough for me; he can't be any worse."
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"Loyalty to petrified opinion never broke a chain or freed a human soul."
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"The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who can't read them."
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" We have a criminal jury system which is superior to any in the world and its efficiency is only marred by the difficulty of finding twelve men every day who don't know anything and can't read."
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"Let us endeavor so to live that when we come to die even the
undertaker will be sorry."
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"When in doubt, tell the truth."
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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 prudence never to practice
either of
them."
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"Don't part with your illusions. When they are gone you may still exist, but you have
ceased to
live."
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"It is better to keep your mouth shut and appear stupid than to open it and remove
all doubt."
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"By trying we can easily learn to endure adversity."
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"We all do no end of feeling, and we mistake it for thinking."
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"I think a compliment ought always to precede a complaint, where one is possible,
because it
softens resentment and insures for the complaint a courteous and gentle reception."
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"Good breeding consists in concealing how much we think of ourselves and how little
we think
of the other person."
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"It is noble to be good; it is still nobler to teach others to be good -- and less
trouble."
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"Always do right. That will gratify some of the people, and astonish the rest."
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