Mark Twain ( 10 of 310 )
Principles have no real force except when one is well-fed.
Principles have no real force except when one is well-fed.
Habit is habit and not to be flung out of the window by any man, but coaxed downstairs a step read more
Habit is habit and not to be flung out of the window by any man, but coaxed downstairs a step at a time.
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.
All that I care to know is that a man is a human being--that is enough for me; he can't read more
All that I care to know is that a man is a human being--that is enough for me; he can't be any worse.
Etiquette requires us to admire the human race
Etiquette requires us to admire the human race
I can live for two months on a good compliment.
I can live for two months on a good compliment.
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
If you hold a cat by the tail you learn things you cannot learn any other way.
If you hold a cat by the tail you learn things you cannot learn any other way.
Biographies are but the clothes and buttons of a man -- the biography of the man himself cannot be written.
Biographies are but the clothes and buttons of a man -- the biography of the man himself cannot be written.
Prosperity is the surest breeder of insolence I know.
Prosperity is the surest breeder of insolence I know.
