At 50, a man can be an ass without being an optimist but not an optimist without being an ass.
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Other Mark Twain quotes:
The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who cannot read them.
Do your duty today and repent tomorrow.
Good decisions come from experience. Experience comes from making bad decisions.
A half-truth is the most cowardly of lies.
Don't part with your illusions. When they are gone you may still exist, but you have ceased to live.
Courage is not the absence of fear, but the mastery of it.
Data is like garbage. You'd better know what you are going to do with it before you collect it.
Good judgment comes from experience. And where does experience come from? Experience comes from bad judgment.
Genius has no youth, but starts with the ripeness of age and old experience.
Wrinkles should merely indicate where smiles have been.
