Mark Twain

In order to keep a true perspective of one's importance, everyone should have a dog that will worship him and read more

In order to keep a true perspective of one's importance, everyone should have a dog that will worship him and a cat that will ignore him.

The very ink with which history is written is merely fluid prejudice.

The very ink with which history is written is merely fluid prejudice.

The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up.

The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up.

My kind of loyalty was loyalty to one's country, not to its institutions or its officeholders. The country is the read more

My kind of loyalty was loyalty to one's country, not to its institutions or its officeholders. The country is the real thing, the substantial thing, the eternal thing; it is the thing to watch over, and care for, and be loyal to institutions are extraneous, they are its mere clothing, and clothing can wear out, become ragged, cease to be comfortable, cease to protect the body from winter, disease, and death.

It's no wonder that truth is stranger than fiction. Fiction has to make sense.

It's no wonder that truth is stranger than fiction. Fiction has to make sense.