Mark Twain: Idézetek angolul (oldal 10)

“Familiarity breeds contempt — and children.”

“The older I get, the more clearly I remember things that never happened.”

“There are those who scoff at the schoolboy, calling him frivolous and shallow: Yet it was the schoolboy who said "Faith is believing what you know ain't so."”

“April 1. This is the day upon which we are reminded of what we are on the other three hundred and sixty-four..”

“Civilization is a limitless multiplication of unnecessary necessaries.”

“Grief can take care of itself, but to get the full value of a joy you must have somebody to divide it with.”

“I am an old man and have known a great many troubles, but most of them have never happened.”

“Facts are stubborn things, but statistics are pliable.”

“There is nothing so annoying as having two people talking when you're busy interrupting.”

“Don't say the old lady screamed. Bring her on and let her scream.”

“It usually takes me two or three days to prepare an impromptu speech.”

“Adam, at Eve's grave: Wheresoever she was, THERE was Eden.”

“Do something everyday that you don't want to do; this is the golden rule for acquiring the habit of doing your duty without pain.”

“Jim said that bees won't sting idiots, but I didn't believe that, because I tried them lots of times myself and they wouldn't sting me.”

“The less there is to justify a traditional custom, the harder it is to get rid of it”

“It could probably be shown by facts and figures that there is no distinctly native American criminal class except Congress.”

“Just the omission of Jane Austen's books alone would make a fairly good library out of a library that hadn't a book in it.”

“Distance lends enchantment to the view.”

“Honesty: The best of all the lost arts.”