Mark Twain

I deal with temptation by yielding to it

I deal with temptation by yielding to it

When I was a boy of fourteen, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old read more

When I was a boy of fourteen, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be twenty-one, I was astonished at how much the old man had learned in seven years.

We all live in the protection of certain cowardices which we call our principles.

We all live in the protection of certain cowardices which we call our principles.

The very ink with which all history is written is merely fluid prejudice

The very ink with which all history is written is merely fluid prejudice

Man was made at the end of the week's work, when God was tired

Man was made at the end of the week's work, when God was tired