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Mark Twain
When the doctrine...
When the doctrine of allegiance to party can utterly up-end a man's moral constitution and make a temporary fool of...
When we remember...
When we remember that we are all mad, the mysteries disappear and life stands explained.
When you cannot...
When you cannot get a compliment in any other way pay yourself one.
Source: In
When angry, count...
When angry, count four; when very angry, swear.
Source: Pudd'nhead Wilson, ch. 10,...
When you ascend...
When you ascend the hill of prosperity, may you not meet a friend.
Source:
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Woman is unrivaled...
Woman is unrivaled as a wet nurse.
Source: Woman -- an Opinion, speech, to...
Whenever you find...
Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.
Who is this...
Who is this Renaissance? Where did he come from? Who gave him permission to cram the Republic with his execrable...
Whenever the literary...
Whenever the literary German dives into a sentence, that is the last you are going to see of him till he emerges on...
When your friends...
When your friends begin to flatter you on how young you look, it's a sure sign you're getting...
You perceive I...
You perceive I generalize with intrepidity from single instances. It is the tourist's...
Wit, by itself,...
Wit, by itself, is of little account. It becomes a moment only when grounded on wisdom.
Words in haste...
Words in haste do friendships waste.
Source:
-- Mark Twain, (Nov 30 1835-1910),...
Work and play...
Work and play are words used to describe the same thing under differing conditions.
Where a blood...
Where a blood relation sobs, an intimate friend should choke up, a distant acquaintance should sigh, a stranger should...
[He was] a...
[He was] a solemn, unsmiling, sanctimonious old iceberg who looked like he was waiting for a vacancy in the...
You try to...
You try to tell me anything about the newspaper business! Sir, I have been through it from Alpha to Omaha, and I tell...
You may have...
You may have noticed that the less I know about a subject the more confidence I have, and the more new light I throw...
Wrinkles should merely...
Wrinkles should merely indicate where smiles have been.
Source:
-- Mark Twain,...
Whoever has lived...
Whoever has lived long enough to find out what life is, knows how deep a debt of gratitude we owe to Adam, the first...