Mark Twain

Mark Twain

"Warm summer sun, shine brightly here, Warm Southern wind, blow softly here, Green sod above, lie light, lie light, Good night, dear heart; good night, good night."
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"Warm summer sun, shine brightly here, Warm Southern wind, blow softly here, Green sod above, lie light, lie light, Good night, dear heart; good night, good night."
Mark Twain
"Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it."
Mark Twain
"“The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.”"
Mark Twain
"“I do not fear death. I had been dead for billions and billions of years before I was born, and had not suffered the slightest inconvenience from it.”"
Mark Twain
"“Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to reform (or pause and reflect).”"
Mark Twain
"“In a good bookroom you feel in some mysterious way that you are absorbing the wisdom contained in all the books through your skin, without even opening them.”"
Mark Twain
"Supposing is good, but finding out is better."
Mark Twain
"“If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything.”"
Mark Twain
"“A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes.”"
Mark Twain
"“Never tell the truth to people who are not worthy of it.”"
Mark Twain
"“Truth is stranger than fiction, but it is because Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities; Truth isn't.”"
Mark Twain Following the Equator: A Journey Around the World
"Under certain circumstances, profanity provides a relief denied even to pr"
Mark Twain
"“Good friends, good books, and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.”"
Mark Twain
"I would rather decline two drinks than one German adjective."
Mark Twain
"The trade of critic, in literature, music, and the drama, is the most degraded of all trades."
Mark Twain
"High and fine literature is wine, and mine is only water; but everybody likes water."
Mark Twain
"It is true, that which I have revealed to you; there is no God, no universe, no human race, no earthly life, no heaven, no hell. It is all a dream--a grotesque and foolish dream. Nothing exists but you. And you are but a thought--a vagrant thought, a useless thought, a homeless thought, wandering forlorn among the empty eternities!"
Mark Twain
"Grief can take care of itself, but to get the full value of joy you must have somebody to divide it with."
Mark Twain
"You may say what you want to, but in my opinion she had more sand in her than any girl I ever see; in my opinion she was just full of sand."
Mark Twain
"Now, then, that is the tale. Some of it is true."
Mark Twain
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