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Constellations have always been troublesome things to name. If you give one of them a fanciful name, it will always refuse to live up to it; it will always persist in not resembling the thing it has been named for.

Constellations have always been troublesome things to name. If you give one of them a fanciful name, it will always refuse to live up to it; it will always persist in not resembling the thing it has been named for.

Mark Twain
Names, Giving, Constellations
Mark Twain (2015). “Following the Equator: "A Journey Around the World"”, p.76, eKitap Projesi

It's my opinion that every one I know has morals, though I wouldn't like to ask. I know I have. But I'd rather teach them than practice them any day. "Give them to others"-that's my motto.

Mark Twain
Practice, Giving, Opinion
Mark Twain (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Mark Twain (Illustrated)”, p.7299, Delphi Classics

He had only one vanity; he thought he could give advice better than any other person.

Mark Twain
Vanity, Giving, Advice
Mark Twain (1992). “The Mysterious Stranger and Other Stories”, p.25, Courier Corporation

Shall we go on conferring our Civilization upon the peoples that sit in darkness, or shall we give those poor things a rest?

Mark Twain
Civilization, Giving, Darkness
Mark Twain (2004). “The Portable Mark Twain”, p.495, Penguin

Our consciences take no notice of pain inflicted on others until it reaches a point where it gives pain to us.

Mark Twain
Pain, Giving, Conscience
Mark Twain (2015). “Mark Twain's Essays: Top Essays”, p.21, 谷月社

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