Mark Twain

Circumstance - which moves by laws of its own, regardless of parties and policies, and whose decrees are final and read more

Circumstance - which moves by laws of its own, regardless of parties and policies, and whose decrees are final and must be obeyed by all - and will be

Facts are stubborn things, but statistics are more pliable.

Facts are stubborn things, but statistics are more pliable.

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.

Of all God's creatures there is only one that cannot be made the slave of the lash. That one is read more

Of all God's creatures there is only one that cannot be made the slave of the lash. That one is the cat. If man could be crossed with a cat it would improve man, but it would deteriorate the cat.

God, grant me the Senility to forget the people I never liked anyway, the good fortune to run into the read more

God, grant me the Senility to forget the people I never liked anyway, the good fortune to run into the ones I do, and the eyesight to tell the difference