Mark Twain ( 10 of 310 )
The secret to getting ahead is getting started.
The secret to getting ahead is getting started.
Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience.
Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience.
Good friends, good books, and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.
Good friends, good books, and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.
We are discreet sheep; we wait to see how the drove is going, and then go with the drove.
We are discreet sheep; we wait to see how the drove is going, and then go with the drove.
I said there was nothing so convincing to an Indian as a general massacre. If he could not approve of read more
I said there was nothing so convincing to an Indian as a general massacre. If he could not approve of the massacre, I said the next surest thing for an Indian was soap and education. Soap and education are not as sudden as a massacre, but they are more deadly in the long run; because a half-massacred Indian may recover, but if you educate him and wash him, it is bound to finish him some time or other.
Everyone is a moon, and has a dark side which he never shows to anybody.
Everyone is a moon, and has a dark side which he never shows to anybody.
Frankness is a jewel; only the young can afford it
Frankness is a jewel; only the young can afford it
When I was a boy of fourteen, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old read more
When I was a boy of fourteen, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be twenty-one, I was astonished at how much the old man had learned in seven years.
Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make read more
Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.
A man cannot be uncomfortable without his own approval
A man cannot be uncomfortable without his own approval
