Mark Twain ( 10 of 310 )
There are several good protections against temptation, but the surest is cowardice.
There are several good protections against temptation, but the surest is cowardice.
Don't part with your illusions. When they are gone you may still exist, but you have ceased to live.
Don't part with your illusions. When they are gone you may still exist, but you have ceased to live.
We [Americans] are the lavishest and showiest and most luxury-loving people on the earth; and at our masthead we fly read more
We [Americans] are the lavishest and showiest and most luxury-loving people on the earth; and at our masthead we fly one true and honest symbol, the gaudiest flag the world has ever seen.
The first half of life consists of the capacity to enjoy without the chance; the last half consists of the read more
The first half of life consists of the capacity to enjoy without the chance; the last half consists of the chance without the capacity. -Mark Twain.
Be good and you will be lonesome
Be good and you will be lonesome
It usually takes me more than three weeks to prepare a good impromptu speech.
It usually takes me more than three weeks to prepare a good impromptu speech.
Don't go around saying the world owes you a living; the world owes you nothing; it was here first
Don't go around saying the world owes you a living; the world owes you nothing; it was here first
The man with a new idea is a crank until the idea succeeds.
The man with a new idea is a crank until the idea succeeds.
On with dance, let joy be unconfined, is my motto; whether there's any dance to dance or any joy to read more
On with dance, let joy be unconfined, is my motto; whether there's any dance to dance or any joy to unconfined.
Prosperity is the surest breeder of insolence I know.
Prosperity is the surest breeder of insolence I know.
