Mark Twain ( 10 of 310 )
It is more trouble to make a maxim than it is to do right
It is more trouble to make a maxim than it is to do right
True irreverence is disrespect for another man's god
True irreverence is disrespect for another man's god
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
Irreverence is the champion of liberty and its only sure defense
Irreverence is the champion of liberty and its only sure defense
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.
