Mark Twain

The offspring of riches: Pride, vanity, ostentation, arrogance, tyranny

The offspring of riches: Pride, vanity, ostentation, arrogance, tyranny

Let us be thankful for the fools; but for them the rest of us could not succeed.

Let us be thankful for the fools; but for them the rest of us could not succeed.

It usually takes me more than three weeks to prepare a good impromptu speech.

It usually takes me more than three weeks to prepare a good impromptu speech.

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.

In Paris they simply stared when I spoke to them in Fench; I never did succeed in making those idiots read more

In Paris they simply stared when I spoke to them in Fench; I never did succeed in making those idiots understand their own language.