Mark Twain ( 10 of 310 )
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
Books are for people who wish they were somewhere else.
Books are for people who wish they were somewhere else.
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.
As an example to others, and not that I care for moderation myself, it has always been my rule never read more
As an example to others, and not that I care for moderation myself, it has always been my rule never to smoke when asleep, and never to refrain from smoking when awake.
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.
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.
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.
What is the difference between a taxidermist and a tax collector? The taxidermist takes only your skin.
What is the difference between a taxidermist and a tax collector? The taxidermist takes only your skin.
Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great ones read more
Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great ones make you feel that you, too, can become great.
I deal with temptation by yielding to it
I deal with temptation by yielding to it
