– Mark Twain (misattributed), The Bible
4 Do not answer a fool according to his folly,
or you yourself will be just like him.
5 Answer a fool according to his folly,
or he will be wise in his own eyes.
http://www.full-stop.net/2013/08/23/blog/jett/never-argue-with-stupid-people/
Truth is stranger than fiction; fiction has to make sense.
– Lord Byron, Mark Twain, Tom Clancy
http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Tom_Clancy
Truth must necessarily be stranger than fiction, for fiction is the creation of the human mind and therefore congenial to it.
– G. K. Chesterton
I have a prodigious quantity of mind; it takes me as much as a week, sometimes, to make it up.
– Mark Twain
https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/661-i-must-have-a-prodigious-amount-of-mind-it-takes
Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.
– Mark Twain
http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/4-whenever-you-find-yourself-on-the-side-of-the-majority
Never allow someone to be your priority while allowing yourself to be their option.
– Mark Twain
http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/174533-never-allow-someone-to-be-your-priority-while-allowing-yourself
I never let my education interfere with my learning.
– Grant Allen
http://quoteinvestigator.com/2010/09/25/schooling-vs-education/
Sometimes attributed to Albert Einstein, sometimes to Mark Twain, this saying appeared in many forms over the last 100+ years.