Maxioms by Mark Twain
The man who is a pessimist before forty-eight knows too much; if he is an optimist after it he knows read more
The man who is a pessimist before forty-eight knows too much; if he is an optimist after it he knows too little
When angry, count to four; when very angry, swear.
When angry, count to four; when very angry, swear.
A man can seldom -- very, very, seldom -- fight a winning fight against his training; the odds are too read more
A man can seldom -- very, very, seldom -- fight a winning fight against his training; the odds are too heavy.
Accident is the name of the greatest of all inventors.
Accident is the name of the greatest of all inventors.
We should be careful to get out of an experience only the wisdom that is in it - and stop read more
We should be careful to get out of an experience only the wisdom that is in it - and stop there; lest we be like the cat that sits down on a hot stove lid. She will never sit on a hot stove lid again - and that is well; but also she will never sit down on a cold one anymore. -Mark Twain.
