Mark Twain

When I was a boy of 14, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old read more

When I was a boy of 14, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be 21, I was astonished at how much the old man had learned in seven years.

The man that sets out to carry a cat by it's tail learns something that will always be useful and read more

The man that sets out to carry a cat by it's tail learns something that will always be useful and which will never grow dim or doubtful.

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.

Do your duty today and repent tomorrow

Do your duty today and repent tomorrow

I said there was nothing so convincing to an Indian as a general massacre. If he could not approve of read more

I said there was nothing so convincing to an Indian as a general massacre. If he could not approve of the massacre, I said the next surest thing for an Indian was soap and education. Soap and education are not as sudden as a massacre, but they are more deadly in the long run; because a half-massacred Indian may recover, but if you educate him and wash him, it is bound to finish him some time or other.