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Mark Twain Quotes about Giving Up

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It has taken a weary long time to persuade American Presbyterians to give up infant damnation and try to bear it the best they can.

It has taken a weary long time to persuade American Presbyterians to give up infant damnation and try to bear it the best they can.

Mark Twain
Giving Up, Taken, Long
Mark Twain (2015). “Mark Twain's Essays: Top Essays”, p.225, 谷月社

That is their way, those plagues, those scientists - peg, peg, peg - dig, dig, dig - plod, plod, plod. I wish I could catch a cargo of them for my place; it would be an economy. Yes, for years, you see. They never give up. Patience, hope, faith, perseverance; it is the way of all the breed.

Mark Twain
Perseverance, Giving Up, Years
Mark Twain (2003). “Tales of Wonder”, p.229, U of Nebraska Press

I persuaded him to throw the dirk away; and it was as easy as persuading a child to give up some bright fresh new way of killing itself.

Mark Twain
Children, Giving Up, Way
Mark Twain (2016). “A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court”, p.247, Mark Twain

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