Mark Twain

Mark Twain: My books are...

Mark Twain: My books are...

My books are water; those of the great geniuses is wine. Everybody drinks water.

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Mark Twain: I am different...

Mark Twain: I am different...

I am different from Washington. I have a higher, grander standard of principle. Washington could not lie. I can lie,...

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Mark Twain: To do something,...

Mark Twain: To do something,...

To do something, say something, see something, before anybody else -- these are things that confer a pleasure compared...

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Mark Twain: I find that...

Mark Twain: I find that...

I find that principles have no real force except when one is well fed.

Source:...

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Mark Twain: I am admonished...

Mark Twain: I am admonished...

I am admonished in many ways that time is pushing me inexorably along. I am approaching the threshold of age; in 1977...

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Mark Twain: In the first...

Mark Twain: In the first...

In the first place God made idiots. This was for practice. Then He made School Boards.

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Mark Twain: From his cradle...

Mark Twain: From his cradle...

From his cradle to his grave a man never does a single thing which has any first and foremost object but one -- to...

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Mark Twain: Principles aren't of...

Mark Twain: Principles aren't of...

Principles aren't of much account anyway, except at election time. After that you hang them up to let them...

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Mark Twain: Truth is the...

Mark Twain: Truth is the...

Truth is the most valuable thing we have. Let us economize it.

Source: Following...

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Mark Twain: No God and...

Mark Twain: No God and...

No God and no religion can survive ridicule. No political church, no nobility, no royalty or other fraud, can face...

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Mark Twain: A man can...

Mark Twain: A man can...

A man can seldom -- very, very, seldom -- fight a winning fight against his training; the odds are too...

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Mark Twain: There is no...

Mark Twain: There is no...

There is no sadder sight than a young pessimist, except an old optimist.

Source:...

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Mark Twain: The radical invents...

Mark Twain: The radical invents...

The radical invents the views. When he has worn them out the conservative adopts them.

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Mark Twain: Wit and Humor...

Mark Twain: Wit and Humor...

Wit and Humor -- if any difference, it is in duration -- lightning and electric light. Same material, apparently; but...

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Mark Twain: Scientists have odious...

Mark Twain: Scientists have odious...

Scientists have odious manners, except when you prop up their theory; then you can borrow money of...

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Mark Twain: Training is everything....

Mark Twain: Training is everything....

Training is everything. The peach was once a bitter almond; cauliflower is nothing but cabbage with a college...

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Mark Twain: It is a...

Mark Twain: It is a...

It is a good and gentle religion, but inconvenient.

Source: Of Hinduism; Following...

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Mark Twain: Let me make...

Mark Twain: Let me make...

Let me make the superstitions of a nation and I care not who makes its laws or its songs...

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Mark Twain: By hard, honest...

Mark Twain: By hard, honest...

By hard, honest labor I've dug all the large words out of my vocabulary and shaved it down till the average is three...

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Mark Twain: In statesmanship get...

Mark Twain: In statesmanship get...

In statesmanship get the formalities right, never mind about the moralities.

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