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Quotes and Images From The Works of Mark Twain By: Mark Twain (1835-1911) |
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QUOTATIONS FROM MARK TWAIN SOME OF THE EDITOR'S FAVORITES
Aim and object of the law and lawyers
was to defeat justice All life seems to be sacred except
human life Always trying to build a house by
beginning at the top Believed it; because she desired to
believe it Best intentions and the frailest
resolution But it is an ill wind that blows nobody
good But there are liars everywhere this
year Cayote is a living, breathing allegory
of Want Children were clothed in nothing but
sunshine Contempt of Court on the part of a
horse Fertile in invention and elastic in
conscience Fun but of a mild type Grief that is too deep to find help in
moan or groan or outcry Haughty humility I was not scared, but I was
considerably agitated I had a delicacy about going home and
getting thrashed If the man doesn't believe as we do, we
say he is a crank Imagination to help his memory Invariably allowed a half for shrinkage
in his statements It used to be a good hotel, but that
proves nothing It is easier to stay out than get out It had cost something to upholster
these women Keg of these nails of the true cross Let me take your grief and help you
carry it Life a vanity and a burden, and the
future but a way to death Man is the only animal that blushes or
needs to Man was not a liar he only missed it by
the skin of his teeth Money is most difficult to get when
people need it most Native canoe is an irresponsible
looking contrivance No people who are quite so vulgar as
the over refined ones No nation occupies a foot of land that
was not stolen Nothing that glitters is gold Notion that he is less savage than the
other savages Nursed his woe and exalted it Ostentatious of his modesty Otherwise they would have thought I was
afraid, which I was People talk so glibly of "feeling,"
"expression," "tone," Pity is for the living, Envy is for the
dead Predominance of the imagination over
the judgment Profound respect for chastity in other
people Prosperity is the best protector of
principle Received with a large silence that
suggested doubt Road, which did not seem to know its
own mind exactly Room to turn around in, but not to
swing a cat Scenery in California requires distance Seventy is old enough after that,
there is too much risk Sleep that heals all heart aches and
ends all sorrows Slept, if one might call such a
condition by so strong a name Smell about them which is peculiar but
not entertaining Takes your enemy and your friend,
working together, to hurt you The man with a new idea is a Crank
until the idea succeeds To a delicate stomach even imaginary
smoke can convey damage Tourists showing how things ought to be
managed Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry
and narrow mindedness Uncomplaining impoliteness Very pleasant man if you were not in
his way Virtuous to the verge of eccentricity Wasn't worth a cent two years ago, and
now I owe two millions We ought never to do wrong when people
are looking We must create, a public opinion, said
Senator Dilworthy Well provided with cigars and other
necessaries of life What's a fair wind for us is a head
wind to them Whichever one they get is the one they
want Worth while to get tired out, because
one so enjoys resting Wrinkles should merely indicate where
smiles have been Your absence when you are present A FEW SELECTED BOOKS
FOLLOWING THE EQUATOR Against nature to take an interest in familiar things
Age after age, the barren and meaningless process
All life seems to be sacred except human life
But there are liars everywhere this year
Capacity must be shown (in other work); in the law,
concealment of it will do
Christmas brings harassment and dread to many excellent people
Climate which nothing can stand except rocks
Creature which was everything in general and nothing in particular
Custom supersedes all other forms of law
Death in life; death without its privileges
Every one is a moon,... Continue reading book >>
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