"If you can convince the lowest white man he’s better than the best colored man, he won’t notice you’re picking his pocket. Hell, give him somebody to look down on, and he’ll empty his pockets for you.
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Mark Twain
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History doesn't repeat itself, but It often rhymes
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A gentleman is someone who knows how to play the banjo and doesn't.
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If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous he will not bite you. This is the principal difference between a dog and man.
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To commit suicide in Buffalo is redundant
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When I was a boy of 14, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be 21, I was astonished at how much the old man had learned in seven years.
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Faith is believing what you know ain't so