Mark Twain

It's better to be an optimist who is sometimes wrong than a pessimist who is always right

It's better to be an optimist who is sometimes wrong than a pessimist who is always right

Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities. Truth isn't.

Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities. Truth isn't.

The difference between the right word and the almost right word is the difference between lightning and the lightning bug.

The difference between the right word and the almost right word is the difference between lightning and the lightning bug.

Irreverence is the champion of liberty and its only sure defense

Irreverence is the champion of liberty and its only sure defense

Man will do many things to get himself loved; he will do all things to get himself envied

Man will do many things to get himself loved; he will do all things to get himself envied