Mark Twain ( 10 of 310 )
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
Optimist: Day-dreamer more elegantly spelled
Optimist: Day-dreamer more elegantly spelled
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.
We have a criminal jury system which is superior to any in the world; and its efficiency is only marred read more
We have a criminal jury system which is superior to any in the world; and its efficiency is only marred by the difficulty of finding twelve men every day who don't know anything and can't read.
Humor must not professedly teach and it must not professedly preach, but it must do both if it would live read more
Humor must not professedly teach and it must not professedly preach, but it must do both if it would live forever.
Books are for people who wish they were somewhere else.
Books are for people who wish they were somewhere else.
When a man's dog turns against him it is time for a wife to pack her trunk and go home read more
When a man's dog turns against him it is time for a wife to pack her trunk and go home to mama.
I deal with temptation by yielding to it
I deal with temptation by yielding to it
Man was made at the end of the week's work, when God was tired
Man was made at the end of the week's work, when God was tired
Familiarity breeds contempt. How accurate that is. The reason we hold truth in such respect is because we have so read more
Familiarity breeds contempt. How accurate that is. The reason we hold truth in such respect is because we have so little opportunity to get familiar with it.
