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Mark Twain book Following the Equator
Pudd'nhead Wilson's New Calendar, Ch. XLVIII
Following the Equator (1897)
Variant: To get the full value of joy you must have someone to divide it with.
“Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don’t mind, it doesn’t matter.”
Mark Twain (1835–1910) American author and humorist
Mark Twain (1835–1910) American author and humorist
Not found in Twain's works, this was attributed to him in Reader's Digest (September 1939): no prior attribution known. Mark Twain’s father died when Twain was eleven years old.
Disputed
Variant: When I was a boy of fourteen, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be twenty-one, I was astonished at how much the old man had learned in seven years.
“I have never let my schooling interfere with my education.”
Mark Twain (1835–1910) American author and humorist
Variant: Never let your schooling interfere with your education.
“Wrinkles should merely indicate where the smiles have been.”
Mark Twain (1835–1910) American author and humorist
“Marriage is like putting your hand into a bag of snakes in the hope of pulling out an eel.”
Leonardo Da Vinci (1452–1519) Italian Renaissance polymath
Leonardo Da Vinci (1452–1519) Italian Renaissance polymath
No published occurrence of such an attribution has yet been located prior to one in Wilhelm Meisters Wanderjahre — Band 3 http://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/2411/pg2411.html by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe <br class="br">Disputed <br class="br">Variant: Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Being willing is not enough; we must do.
“Learning is the only thing the mind never exhausts, never fears, and never regrets.”
Leonardo Da Vinci (1452–1519) Italian Renaissance polymath
“God gave us the gift of life; it is up to us to give ourselves the gift of living well.”
Voltaire (1694–1778) French writer, historian, and philosopher
Oscar Wilde The Importance of Being Earnest
Lady Bracknell, Act III
Source: The Importance of Being Earnest (1895)
“The old believe everything; the middle-aged suspect everything; the young know everything.”
Oscar Wilde book Phrases and Philosophies for the Use of the Young
Phrases and Philosophies for the Use of the Young (1894)
“The very essence of romance is uncertainty.”
Oscar Wilde (1854–1900) Irish writer and poet
Variant: The very essence of romance is uncertainty.
Source: The Importance of Being Earnest and Other Plays
“Be Yourself. Everyone Else Is Already Taken.”
Oscar Wilde (1854–1900) Irish writer and poet
Anonymous advertising copywriter for Menards chain of hardware stores (2000), according to Quote Investigator http://quoteinvestigator.com/2014/01/20/be-yourself <br class="br">Misattributed
“To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance.”
Lord Goring, Act III
Source: An Ideal Husband (1895)
“Never love anyone who treats you like you're ordinary.”
Oscar Wilde (1854–1900) Irish writer and poet