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

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PAUSE

Twain in pause mode
Illustration of Twain from
THE SKETCH, Nov. 27, 1895

No word was ever as effective as a rightly timed pause.
- Mark Twain's Speeches

That impressive silence, that eloquent silence, that geometrically progressive silence which often achieves a desired effect where no combination of words howsoever felicitous could accomplish it.
- Mark Twain's Autobiography


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