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Mark Twain once said: "Religion was invented when the first con man met the first fool.”

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Tourirst 7 Feb 21
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Level 5

Good old Mark. 10/10 for than one.

Leon Level 5 May 7, 2018
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Level 7

Samuel Clemons was so right. And then the con men got together and became Televangalists.

With a Private Jet.
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Level 8

I admire so much of his work! I have read 4 of his books and a couple of his other writings. I also have some of his quotes that I could pull out at a moments notice and that is also one of them.

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Level 6

A quote I use often.

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Level 8

I love Mark Twain's quotes on religion. Thomas Jefferson and Voltaire are other favorites of mine.

JimG Level 8 Feb 21, 2018
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My favourite one in any church is “now it’s time for the collection” (and it’s tax free - Amen).
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Level 9

Unfortunately, Twain was often a victim of schemes. A lot of his investments created a financial mess for him.

Jack, Walt Disney went bust 5 times before he tasted success and he was a Jew . So basically if people don’t try they will never know.

And come to think of it, as a Jew he must have felt so stupid to keep failing.

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Level 8

He was ahead of his time. Righteous quote. 🙂

Betty Level 8 Feb 21, 2018
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Ops, I unliked comment by mistake. I do like it of course!

@valentine4real

Ah, thanks. 🙂

God wasn’t . It took him a long, long time to beam down Scottie and realise (in his opinion) we were misbehaving.

@Leon

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Level 9

That's actually one of my favorite Mark Twain quotes.

It’s brilliant. Short, sweet and accurate.
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Level 8

My favorite author said that? If he could rise any more in my estimation, he just did.

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Level 7

Nicely said I say 🙂

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