Mark Twain ( 10 of 310 )
When angry, count to four; when very angry, swear.
When angry, count to four; when very angry, swear.
Wagner's music is better than it sounds.
Wagner's music is better than it sounds.
Most writers regard truth as their most valuable possession, and therefore are most economical in its use.
Most writers regard truth as their most valuable possession, and therefore are most economical in its use.
I must have a prodigious quantity of mind; it takes me as much as a week sometimes to make it read more
I must have a prodigious quantity of mind; it takes me as much as a week sometimes to make it up.
Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities. Truth isn't.
Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities. Truth isn't.
A man can seldom -- very, very, seldom -- fight a winning fight against his training; the odds are too read more
A man can seldom -- very, very, seldom -- fight a winning fight against his training; the odds are too heavy.
If you have no will to change it, you have no right to criticize it
If you have no will to change it, you have no right to criticize it
It's better to be an optimist who is sometimes wrong than a pessimist who is always right
It's better to be an optimist who is sometimes wrong than a pessimist who is always right
Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones read more
Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do... Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.
Suppose you were an idiot, and suppose you were a member of congress; but I repeat myself.
Suppose you were an idiot, and suppose you were a member of congress; but I repeat myself.
