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

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MAXIM

What are the proper proportions of a maxim? A minimum of sound to a maximum of sense.
- More Tramps Abroad, Pudd'nead Wilson's New Calendar

It is more trouble to make a maxim than it is to do right.
- Following the Equator, Pudd'nhead Wilson's New Calendar



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