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Mark Twain

The Christian's Bible is a drug store. Its contents remain the same, but the medical practice changes.

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The secret source of humor is not joy but sorrow there is no humor in Heaven.

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It is by the goodness of God that in our country we have those three unspeakably precious things: freedom of speech, freedom of conscience, and the prudence never to practice either of them.

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Suppose you were an idiot, and suppose you were a member of Congress but I repeat myself.

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