"Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience."
"it is not wise to keep the fire going under a slander unless you can get some large advantage out of keeping it alive. Few slanders can stand the wear of silence."
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Source: Mark Twain, Harriet Elinor Smith (2012). “Autobiography of Mark Twain: Reader's Edition”, p.392, Univ of California Press
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