" It is better to deserve honors and not have them than to have them and not deserve them. "


More Quotes from Mark Twain

Nothing exists but you. And you are but a thought.

- Mark Twain

Obscurity and a competence—that is the life that is best worth living.

- Mark Twain

Never allow someone to be your priority while allowing yourself to be their option.

- Mark Twain

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Common sense is genius dressed in its working clothes.

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