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Directory of Mark Twain's maxims, quotations, and various opinions:

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DECEIT

When a person cannot deceive himself the chances are against his being able to deceive other people.
- Mark Twain's Autobiography

General Miles's dog
Illustration by Emlen McConnell from Sept 13, 1908, issue of the Boston Sunday Post Magazine newspaper serialization of
"The Autobiography of Mark Twain."
From the Dave Thomson collection.

Read the speech about the dog and the deceit of General Miles.

 

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