Mark Twain ( 10 of 310 )
We should be careful to get out of an experience only the wisdom that is in it - and stop read more
We should be careful to get out of an experience only the wisdom that is in it - and stop there; lest we be like the cat that sits down on a hot stove lid. She will never sit on a hot stove lid again - and that is well; but also she will never sit down on a cold one anymore. -Mark Twain.
If you tell the truth you don't have to remember anything.
If you tell the truth you don't have to remember anything.
Write without pay until somebody offers to pay
Write without pay until somebody offers to pay
The cat, having sat upon a hot stove lid, will not sit upon a hot stove lid again. But he read more
The cat, having sat upon a hot stove lid, will not sit upon a hot stove lid again. But he won't sit upon a cold stove lid, either.
My books are water; those of the great geniuses are wine -- everybody drinks water.
My books are water; those of the great geniuses are wine -- everybody drinks water.
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.
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."
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.
Be good and you will be lonesome
Be good and you will be lonesome
The man with a new idea is a crank until the idea succeeds.
The man with a new idea is a crank until the idea succeeds.
