Mark Twain: Idézetek angolul (oldal 15)

“It ain't the parts of the Bible that I can't understand that bother me, it's the parts that I do understand.”

“Herodotus says, "Very few things happen at the right time, and the rest do not happen at all. The conscientious historian will correct these defects."”

“How little a thing can make us happy when we feel that we have earned it.”

“There are some few people I respect and admire, but I don't think much of the species.”

“Stars and shadows ain't good to see by.”

“Humor is tragedy plus time.”

“If people are good only because they fear punishment, and hope for reward, then we are a sorry lot indeed.”

“Drawing on my fine command of language, I said nothing.”

“You can't pray a lie -- I found that out.”

“To believe yourself brave is to be brave; it is the one only essential thing.”

“Never let the truth get in the way of a good story.”

“The proper office of a friend is to side with you when you are in the wrong. Nearly anybody will side with you when you are in the right.”

“Wit is the sudden marriage of ideas which before their union were not perceived to have any relation.”

“Human pride is not worthwhile; there is always something lying in wait to take the wind out of it.”

“Nothing exists but you. And you are but a thought.”

“The average man don't like trouble and danger.”

“The test of any good fiction is that you should care something for the characters; the good to succeed, the bad to fail. The trouble with most fiction is that you want them all to land in hell together, as quickly as possible.”

“Words are only painted fire, a look is the fire itself. She gave that look, and carried it away to the treasury of heaven, where all things that are divine belong.”

“Man - a figment of God's imagination.”