Mark Twain ( 10 of 310 )
The difference between the right word and the almost right word is the difference between lightning and the lightning bug.
The difference between the right word and the almost right word is the difference between lightning and the lightning bug.
There comes a time in every rightly constructed boy's life when he has a raging desire to go somewhere and read more
There comes a time in every rightly constructed boy's life when he has a raging desire to go somewhere and dig for hidden treasure.
Better a broken promise than none at all.
Better a broken promise than none at all.
Only kings, editors, and people with tapeworm have the right to use the editorial "we."
Only kings, editors, and people with tapeworm have the right to use the editorial "we."
Judge your success by what you had to give up in order to get it
Judge your success by what you had to give up in order to get it
Be good and you will be lonesome
Be good and you will be lonesome
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.
In the first place, God made idiots. That was for practice. Then he made school boards.
In the first place, God made idiots. That was for practice. Then he made school boards.
It takes your enemy and your friend, working together to hurt you to the heart; the one to slander you read more
It takes your enemy and your friend, working together to hurt you to the heart; the one to slander you and the other to get the news to you
My books are water; those of the great geniuses are wine -- everybody drinks water.
My books are water; those of the great geniuses are wine -- everybody drinks water.
