Mark Twain ( 10 of 310 )
If you can't get a compliment any other way, pay yourself one.
If you can't get a compliment any other way, pay yourself one.
A man is never more truthful than when he acknowledges himself a liar.
A man is never more truthful than when he acknowledges himself a liar.
Have a place for everything and keep the thing somewhere else; this is not advice, it is merely custom.
Have a place for everything and keep the thing somewhere else; this is not advice, it is merely custom.
Only a government that is rich and safe can afford to be a democracy, for democracy is the most expensive read more
Only a government that is rich and safe can afford to be a democracy, for democracy is the most expensive and nefarious kind of government ever heard of on earth.
Civilization is a limitless multiplication of unnecessary necessities.
Civilization is a limitless multiplication of unnecessary necessities.
The principle of give and take is the principle of diplomacy - give one and take ten
The principle of give and take is the principle of diplomacy - give one and take ten
True irreverence is disrespect for another man's god
True irreverence is disrespect for another man's god
I have been complimented many times and they always embarrass me; I always feel that they have not said enough.
I have been complimented many times and they always embarrass me; I always feel that they have not said enough.
Why is it that people rejoice at a birth and grieve at a funeral? It is because we are not read more
Why is it that people rejoice at a birth and grieve at a funeral? It is because we are not the people involved.
Irreverence is the champion of liberty and its only sure defense
Irreverence is the champion of liberty and its only sure defense