“By trying we can easily learn to endure adversity. Another man's, I mean.”
Mark Twain book Following the Equator
Pudd'nhead Wilson's New Calendar, Ch. XXXIX
Following the Equator (1897)
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@xy, member from Sept. 25, 2023“When ill luck begins, it does not come in sprinkles, but in showers.”
Mark Twain book Pudd'nhead Wilson
Source: Pudd'nhead Wilson
Mark Twain book A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
Source: A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1889), Ch. 22
“You can't throw too much style into a miracle.”
Mark Twain book A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
Source: A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
“All kings is mostly rapscallions, as fur as I can make out.”
Mark Twain book Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Source: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
“The rule is perfect: in all matters of opinion our adversaries are insane.”
Christian Science (1907)
Context: When I, a thoughtful and unblessed Presbyterian, examine the Koran, I know that beyond any question every Mohammedan is insane; not in all things, but in religious matters. When a thoughtful and unblessed Mohammedan examines the Westminster Catechism, he knows that beyond any question I am spiritually insane. I cannot prove to him that he is insane, because you never can prove anything to a lunatic — for that is a part of his insanity and the evidence of it. He cannot prove to me that I am insane, for my mind has the same defect that afflicts his. All Democrats are insane, but not one of them knows it; none but the Republicans and Mugwumps know it. All the Republicans are insane, but only the Democrats and Mugwumps can perceive it. The rule is perfect: in all matters of opinion our adversaries are insane.
“Well, everybody does it that way, Huck."
"Tom, I am not everybody.”
Mark Twain book The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Source: The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
“If you must be indiscrete, be discrete in your indiscretion.”
Mark Twain (1835–1910) American author and humorist
Mark Twain book The Innocents Abroad
Vol. II, Conclusion http://books.google.com/books?id=f4EwNleAjJAC&q=%22Travel+is+fatal+to+prejudice+bigotry+and+narrow-mindedness+and+many+of+our+people+need+it+sorely+on+these+accounts+Broad+wholesome+charitable+views+of+men+and+things+cannot+be+acquired+by+vegetating+in+one+little+corner+of+the+earth+all+one's+lifetime%22&pg=PA333#v=onepage <br class="br">Source: The Innocents Abroad (1869) <br class="br">Context: Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one's lifetime.
“Don't use a five-dollar word when a fifty-cent word will do.”
Mark Twain (1835–1910) American author and humorist
“It may have happened, it may not have happened but it could have happened.”
Mark Twain (1835–1910) American author and humorist