Mark Twain ( 10 of 310 )
My kind of loyalty was loyalty to one's country, not to its institutions or its officeholders. The country is the read more
My kind of loyalty was loyalty to one's country, not to its institutions or its officeholders. The country is the real thing, the substantial thing, the eternal thing; it is the thing to watch over, and care for, and be loyal to institutions are extraneous, they are its mere clothing, and clothing can wear out, become ragged, cease to be comfortable, cease to protect the body from winter, disease, and death.
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.
Whenever you find that you are on the side of the majority, it is time to reform.
Whenever you find that you are on the side of the majority, it is time to reform.
The first half of life consists of the capacity to enjoy without the chance; the last half consists of the read more
The first half of life consists of the capacity to enjoy without the chance; the last half consists of the chance without the capacity.
Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it.
Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it.
There are times when one would like to hang the whole human race, and finish the farce.
There are times when one would like to hang the whole human race, and finish the farce.
But who prays for Satan? Who, in eighteen centuries, has had the common humanity to pray for the one sinner read more
But who prays for Satan? Who, in eighteen centuries, has had the common humanity to pray for the one sinner that needed it most?
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.
Man is the only animal that blushes. Or needs to.
Man is the only animal that blushes. Or needs to.
