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MARK TWAIN To succeed in the other trades, capacity must be shown; in the law, concealment of it will do.
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MARK EDWARDS A true knowledge of ourselves is knowledge of our power.
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MARK TWAIN Man is a creature made at the end of the week's work when God was tired.
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