Mark Twain

Why is it that people rejoice at a birth and grieve at a funeral? It is because we are not read more

Why is it that people rejoice at a birth and grieve at a funeral? It is because we are not the people involved.

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.

If you have no will to change it, you have no right to criticize it

If you have no will to change it, you have no right to criticize it

I deal with temptation by yielding to it

I deal with temptation by yielding to it

We all live in the protection of certain cowardices which we call our principles.

We all live in the protection of certain cowardices which we call our principles.