- "Mark Twain" A book which people praise and don't read.
- "Mark Twain" APRIL 1, this is the day upon which we are reminded of what we are on the other three hundred and sixty-four.
- "Mark Twain" All schools, all colleges, have two great functions; to confer, and to conceal, valuable knowledge. The theological knowledge which they conceal cannot justly be regarded as less valuable than that which they reveal.
That is, when a man is buying a basket of strawberries it can profit him to know that the bottom half of it is rotten.
"Mark Twain" Adam was but human--this explains it all. He did not want the apple for the apple's sake, he wanted it only because it was forbidden. The mistake was in not forbidding the serpent; then he would have eaten the serpent.
"Mark Twain" Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it doesn't matter.
"Mark Twain" All the talk used to be about doing people good, now it is about doing people.
"Mark Twain" Always acknowledge a fault frankly. This will throw those in authority off their guard and give you opportunity to commit more.
"Mark Twain" An occultation of Venus is not half so difficult as an eclipse of the Sun, but because it comes seldom the world thinks it's a grand thing.
- "Mark Twain" An uneasy conscience is a hair in the mouth. — Mark Twain As to the Adjective: when in doubt, strike it out.
"Mark Twain" At 50 a man can be an ass without being an optimist but not an optimist without being as ass.
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