Mark Twain ( 10 of 310 )
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.
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.
And always we had wars, and more wars, and still other wars — all over Europe, all over the world. read more
And always we had wars, and more wars, and still other wars — all over Europe, all over the world. 'Sometimes in the private interest of royal families,' Satan said, 'sometimes to crush a weak nation; but never a war started by the aggressor for any clean purpose — there is no such war in the history of the race.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
I deal with temptation by yielding to it
I deal with temptation by yielding to it
