Mark Twain ( 10 of 310 )
To cease smoking is the easiest thing I ever did. I ought to know because I've done it a thousand read more
To cease smoking is the easiest thing I ever did. I ought to know because I've done it a thousand times.
Never tell the truth to people who are not worthy of it.
Never tell the truth to people who are not worthy of it.
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.
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
All say, "How hard it is that we have to die"--a strange complaint to come from the mouths of people read more
All say, "How hard it is that we have to die"--a strange complaint to come from the mouths of people who have had to live.
The principle of give and take is the principle of diplomacy--give one and take ten.
The principle of give and take is the principle of diplomacy--give one and take ten.
Of all God's creatures there is only one that cannot be made the slave of the lash. That one is read more
Of all God's creatures there is only one that cannot be made the slave of the lash. That one is the cat. If man could be crossed with a cat it would improve man, but it would deteriorate the cat.
There are no people who are quite so vulgar as the over-refined.
There are no people who are quite so vulgar as the over-refined.
Only kings, presidents, editors, and people with tapeworms have the right to use the editorial "we."
Only kings, presidents, editors, and people with tapeworms have the right to use the editorial "we."
Loyalty to petrified opinion never yet broke a chain or freed a human soul.
Loyalty to petrified opinion never yet broke a chain or freed a human soul.
