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Mark Twain
Switzerland is simply...
Switzerland is simply a large, lumpy, solid rock with a thin skin of grass stretched over...
The convention missionaries...
The convention missionaries call modesty has no standard, and cannot have one, because it is opposed to nature and...
The master minds...
The master minds of all nations, in all ages, have sprung in affluent multitude from the mass of the nation, and from...
The Pause; that...
The Pause; that impressive silence, that eloquent silence, that geometrically progressive silence which often achieves...
The report of...
The report of my death is exaggerated.
Source: Cable from London to the Associated...
The face of...
The face of the water, in time, became a wonderful book -- a book that was a dead language to the uneducated...
The holy passion...
The holy passion of friendship is of so sweet and steady and loyal and enduring a nature that it will last through a...
The miracle, or...
The miracle, or the power, that elevates the few is to be found in their industry, application, and perseverance under...
The banging and...
The banging and slamming and booming and crashing were something beyond belief.
There are German...
There are German songs which can make a stranger to the language cry.
Source: In
The gentle reader...
The gentle reader will never, never know what a consummate ass he can become, until he goes...
The lack of...
The lack of money is the root of all evils.
Source: In
The noblest work...
The noblest work of God? Man.
Who found it out? Man.
Source:...
The church is...
The church is always trying to get other people to reform; it might not be a bad idea to reform...
There are people...
There are people who can do all fine and heroic things but one: keep from telling their happinesses to the...
The human race...
The human race was always interesting and we know by its past that it will always continue so,...
The man who...
The man who is a pessimist before 48 knows too much; if he is an optimist after it, he knows too...
The radical of...
The radical of one century is the conservative of the next. The radical invents the views. When he has worn them out,...
The highest perfection...
The highest perfection of politeness is only a beautiful edifice, built, from the base to the dome, of ungraceful and...
There are several...
There are several good protections against temptations but the surest is cowardice.