Mark Twain ( 10 of 310 )
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."
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.
Familiarity breeds contempt; and children.
Familiarity breeds contempt; and children.
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.
Be good and you will be lonesome
Be good and you will be lonesome
It usually takes more than three weeks to prepare a good impromptu speech.
It usually takes more than three weeks to prepare a good impromptu speech.
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
When I was a boy of 14, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old read more
When I was a boy of 14, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be 21, I was astonished at how much the old man had learned in seven years.
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.
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.
