Mark Twain citations célèbres
Mark Twain Citations
There are no grades of vanity, there are only grades of ability in concealing it.
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All schools, all colleges, have 2 great functions: to confer, & to conceal, valuable knowledge.
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“La vérité est la chose la plus précieuse que nous avons. Il nous faut l'économiser.”
Truth is the most valuable thing we have. Let us economize it.
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Men are more compassionate/(nobler)/magnanimous/generous than God; for men forgive the dead, but God does not.
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The trouble ain't that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain't distributed right.
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What God lacks is convictions -stability of character. He ought to be a Presbyterian or a Catholic or something, -not try to be everything.
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“Il n'y a eu qu'un chrétien. Ils l'ont attrapé et crucifié – tôt.”
There has only been one Christian. They caught him & crucified him -early.
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Variante: Dans vingt ans, vous serez plus déçu par les choses que vous n'avez pas faites que par celles que vous avez faites. Alors sortez des sentiers battus. Mettez les voiles. Explorez. Rêvez. Découvrez.
“La charité nous force à tirer le rideau sur le reste de cette scène.”
Mark Twain livre Les Aventures de Tom Sawyer
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Mark Twain: Citations en anglais
“H'aint we got all the fools in town on our side? And ain't that a big enough majority in any town?”
Mark Twain livre Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Source: Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1885), Ch. 26
Source: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
“Ah, if he could only die temporarily!”
Mark Twain livre Les Aventures de Tom Sawyer
Source: The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
“The source of all humor is not laughter, but sorrow.”
Variante: The secret source of humor is not joy but sorrow; there is no humor in heaven.
"Official Report to the I.I.A.S.", p. 126
Papers of the Adams Family (1939)
Source: Letters from the Earth: Uncensored Writings
Mark Twain livre A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
Source: A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
Source: Following the Equator: A Journey Around the World
"Consistency" (5 December 1887). This quote is engraved on Twain's bust in the National Hall of Fame
“It is better to be alone than unwelcome. - Eve”
Source: The Diary of Adam and Eve
“Get a bicycle. You will not regret it, if you live.”
"Taming the Bicycle" (1917)
