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Mark Twain Quotes
«One mustn't criticize other people on grounds where he can't stand perpendicular himself»
Author: Mark Twain
(Humorist, Lecturer, Writer)
| About:
Criticism
| Keywords:
criticize, criticizes, grounding, grounds, ground out, Other People, perpendicular, stand
«Truth is the most valuable thing we have. Let us economize it.»
Author: Mark Twain
(Humorist, Lecturer, Writer)
| About:
Truth
| Keywords:
economize, Economized, economizing, most-valuable, valuable
«Any so-called material thing that you want is merely a symbol: you want it not for itself, but because it will content your spirit for the moment.»
Author: Mark Twain
(Humorist, Lecturer, Writer)
| Keywords:
any, called, call at, call out, call up, content, contenting, For the, for the moment, in and of itself, Itself, material, merely, moment, not for, so-called, spirit, spirited, spiriting, spirit up, symbol, The Calling, thing, thing in itself, want
«God has put somrthing noble and good into every heart His hand created.»
Author: Mark Twain
(Humorist, Lecturer, Writer)
| About:
Faith,
Inspiration
| Keywords:
created, hand, noble, put
«In the beginning of a change, the Patriot is a scarce man, Brave, Hated, and Scorned. When his cause succeeds however,the timid join him, For then it costs nothing to be a Patriot.»
«Truth is stranger than fiction, but it is because Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities; Truth isn't.»
«Optimist: Person who travels on nothing from nowhere to happiness»
Author: Mark Twain
(Humorist, Lecturer, Writer)
| About:
Optimism
| Keywords:
from nowhere, nowhere, optimist, travels
«The cat, having sat upon a hot stove lid, will not sit upon a hot stove lid again. But he won't sit upon a cold stove lid, either.»