Mark Twain Quotes About Skins
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Man has been here 32,000 years. That it took a hundred million years to prepare the world for him is proof that that is what it was done for. I suppose it is, I dunno. If The Eiffel Tower were now to represent the world's age, the skin of paint on the pinnacle knob at its summit would represent man's share of that age; and anybody would perceive that the skin was what the tower was built for. I reckon they would, I dunno.
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Nearly all black and brown skins are beautiful, but a beautiful white skin is rare.
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One of my theories is that the hearts of men are about alike, no matter what their skin color.
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Switzerland is simply a large, lumpy, solid rock with a thin skin of grass stretched over it.
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The finest clothing made is a person's own skin, but, of course, society demands something more than this.
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Strip the human race, absolutely naked, and it would be a real democracy. But the introduction of even a rag of tiger skin, or a cowtail, could make a badge of distinction and be the beginning of a monarchy.
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The only difference between a tax man and a taxidermist is that the taxidermist leaves the skin.
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In a good bookroom you feel in some mysterious way that you are absorbing the wisdom contained in all the books through your skin, without even opening them.
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What is the difference between a taxidermist and a tax collector? The taxidermist takes only your skin.
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The existing phrasebooks are inadequate. They are well enough as far as they go, but when you fall down and skin your leg they don't tell you what to say.
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A man cannot be comfortable without his own approval. There is nothing more satisfying than that sense of being completely "at home" in your own skin. When you achieve that as a natural state of "being", then you can finally look beyond yourself and fully contribute all your talents to the world.
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