Mark Twain

Any so-called material thing that you want is merely a symbol: you want it not for itself, but because it read more

Any so-called material thing that you want is merely a symbol: you want it not for itself, but because it will content your spirit for the moment.

It takes your enemy and your friend, working together to hurt you to the heart; the one to slander you read more

It takes your enemy and your friend, working together to hurt you to the heart; the one to slander you and the other to get the news to you.

I must have a prodigious quantity of mind; it takes me as much as a week, sometimes, to make it read more

I must have a prodigious quantity of mind; it takes me as much as a week, sometimes, to make it up.

Loyalty to petrified opinion never yet broke a chain or freed a human soul.

Loyalty to petrified opinion never yet broke a chain or freed a human soul.

The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who can't read them.

The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who can't read them.