Mark Twain ( 10 of 310 )
A classic is something that everybody wants to have read and nobody wants to read.
A classic is something that everybody wants to have read and nobody wants to read.
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.
An ecstasy is a thing that will not go into words; it feels like music.
An ecstasy is a thing that will not go into words; it feels like music.
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
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.
True irreverence is disrespect for another man's god
True irreverence is disrespect for another man's god
Irreverence is the champion of liberty and its only sure defense
Irreverence is the champion of liberty and its only sure defense