Mark Twain ( 10 of 310 )
Judge your success by what you had to give up in order to get it
Judge your success by what you had to give up in order to get it
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
Familiarity breeds contempt; and children.
Familiarity breeds contempt; and children.
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.
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.
It usually takes more than three weeks to prepare a good impromptu speech.
It usually takes more than three weeks to prepare a good impromptu speech.
Optimist: Day-dreamer more elegantly spelled
Optimist: Day-dreamer more elegantly spelled
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.
The difference between the right word and the almost right word is the difference between lightning and the lightning bug.
The difference between the right word and the almost right word is the difference between lightning and the lightning bug.
There comes a time in every rightly constructed boy's life when he has a raging desire to go somewhere and read more
There comes a time in every rightly constructed boy's life when he has a raging desire to go somewhere and dig for hidden treasure.
