Mark Twain ( 10 of 310 )
Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great ones read more
Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great ones make you feel that you, too, can become great.
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 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.
Only kings, presidents, editors, and people with tapeworms have the right to use the editorial "we."
Only kings, presidents, editors, and people with tapeworms have the right to use the editorial "we."
Loyalty to petrified opinion never yet broke a chain or freed a human soul.
Loyalty to petrified opinion never yet broke a chain or freed a human soul.
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.
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.
Chastity - you can carry it too far
Chastity - you can carry it too far
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.
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.