To promise not to do a thing is the surest way in the world to make a body want to go and do that very thing. Twain, Mark
Training is everything. The peach was once a bitter almond; cauliflower is nothing but cabbage with a college education. Twain, Mark
Truth is the most valuable thing we have. Let us economize it. Twain, Mark
We Americans… bear the ark of liberties of the world. Twain, Mark
We should be careful to get out of an experience only the wisdom that is in it—and stop there; lest we be like the cat that sits down on a hot stove-lid. She will never sit down on a hot stove-lid again—and that is well; but also she will never sit down on a cold […]
We should be careful to get out of an experience only the wisdom that is in it and stop there; lest we be like the cat that sits down on a hot stove lid. She will never sit on a hot stove lid again and that is well; but also she will never sit down […]
What a good thing Adam had. When he said a good thing, he knew nobody had said it before. Twain, Mark
Wit is the sudden marriage of ideas which before their union were not perceived to have any relation. Twain, Mark