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Mark Twain: I know all...

Mark Twain: I know all...

I know all those people. I have friendly, social, and criminal relations with the whole lot of...

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Mark Twain: I would rather...

Mark Twain: I would rather...

I would rather go to bed with Lillian Russell stark naked than Ulysses S. Grant in full military...

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Mark Twain: In Boston they...

Mark Twain: In Boston they...

In Boston they ask, How much does he know? In New York, How much is he worth? In Philadelphia, Who were his...

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Mark Twain: It's good sportsmanship...

Mark Twain: It's good sportsmanship...

It's good sportsmanship to not pick up lost golf balls while they are still rolling.

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Mark Twain: Morals are an...

Mark Twain: Morals are an...

Morals are an acquirement -- like music, like a foreign language, like piety, poker, paralysis -- no man is born with...

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Mark Twain: Never put off...

Mark Twain: Never put off...

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do the day after tomorrow.

Source: In...

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Mark Twain: Noise proves nothing....

Mark Twain: Noise proves nothing....

Noise proves nothing. Often a hen who has merely laid an egg crackles as if she laid an...

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Mark Twain: It isn't safe...

Mark Twain: It isn't safe...

It isn't safe to sit in judgment upon another person's illusion when you are not on the inside. While you are thinking...

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Mark Twain: Man is the...

Mark Twain: Man is the...

Man is the only creature who has a nasty mind.

Source: In The Ultimate Success...

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Mark Twain: Reports of my...

Mark Twain: Reports of my...

Reports of my death are greatly exaggerated.

Source: Cable to the Associated Press...

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Mark Twain: Often the surest...

Mark Twain: Often the surest...

Often the surest way to convey misinformation is to tell the strict truth.

Source:...

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Mark Twain: The average American's...

Mark Twain: The average American's...

The average American's simplest and commonest form of breakfast consists of coffee and...

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Mark Twain: The Pause; that...

Mark Twain: The Pause; that...

The Pause; that impressive silence, that eloquent silence, that geometrically progressive silence which often achieves...

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Graham Henry Greene: Champagne, if you...

Graham Henry Greene: Champagne, if you...

Champagne, if you are seeking the truth, is better than a lie detector. It encourages a man to be expansive, even...

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George Eliot: Breed is stronger...

George Eliot: Breed is stronger...

Breed is stronger than pasture.

Source:
-- George Eliot, (Nov 22 1819-1880),...

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George Eliot: The intense happiness...

George Eliot: The intense happiness...

The intense happiness of our union is derived in a high degree from the perfect freedom with which we each follow and...

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George Eliot: Our deeds determine...

George Eliot: Our deeds determine...

Our deeds determine us, as much as we determine our deeds.

Source: Adam Bede,...

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George Eliot: Vanity is as...

George Eliot: Vanity is as...

Vanity is as ill at ease under indifference as tenderness is under a love which it cannot...

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George Eliot: The sense of...

George Eliot: The sense of...

The sense of an entailed disadvantage -- the deformed foot doubtfully hidden by the shoe, makes a restlessly active...

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George Eliot: But what we...

George Eliot: But what we...

But what we call our despair is often only the painful eagerness of unfed hope.

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