Maxioms by Mark Twain
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.
There is something fascinating about science. One gets such wholesale returns of conjecture out of such a trifling investment of read more
There is something fascinating about science. One gets such wholesale returns of conjecture out of such a trifling investment of fact.
We consider that any man who can fiddle all through one of those Virginia Reels without losing his grip, may read more
We consider that any man who can fiddle all through one of those Virginia Reels without losing his grip, may be depended upon in any kind of musical emergency.
The first half of life consists of the capacity to enjoy without the chance; the last half consists of the read more
The first half of life consists of the capacity to enjoy without the chance; the last half consists of the chance without the capacity.
Familiarity breeds contempt--and children.
Familiarity breeds contempt--and children.