Mark Twain

Mark Twain

"Lord save us all from ... a hope tree that has lost the faculty of putting out blossoms."
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"Lord save us all from ... a hope tree that has lost the faculty of putting out blossoms."
Mark Twain
"It is better to deserve honours and not have them than to have them and not deserve them."
Mark Twain
"Barring that natural expression of villainy which we all have the man looked honest enough."
Mark Twain
"The best way to cheer yourself is to try to cheer somebody else up."
Mark Twain
"Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see."
Mark Twain
"We may not pay Satan reverence for that would be indiscreet but we can at least respect his talents."
Mark Twain
"Happiness is a Swedish sunset it is there for all but most of us look the other way and lose it."
Mark Twain
"To get the full value of a joy you must have somebody to divide it with."
Mark Twain
"To be busy is man's only happiness."
Mark Twain
"Have a place for everything and keep the things somewheres else. That is not advice it is merely custom."
Mark Twain
"Habit is habit and not to be thrown out of the window by any man but coaxed downstairs a step at a time."
Mark Twain
"From his cradle to the grave a man never does a single thing which has any first and foremost object save one-to secure peace of mind spiritual comfort for himself."
Mark Twain
"There ain't no surer way to find out whether you like people or hate them than to travel with them."
Mark Twain
"I was seldom able to see an opportunity until it had ceased to be one."
Mark Twain
"The proper office of a friend is to side with you when you are in the wrong. Nearly everybody will side with you when you are in the right."
Mark Twain
"Good friends good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life."
Mark Twain
"Grief can take care of itself but to get the full value of a joy you must have somebody to divide it with."
Mark Twain
"To be satisfied with what one has that is wealth. As long as one sorely needs a certain additional amount that man isn't rich."
Mark Twain
"The fragrance of the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it."
Mark Twain
"Let us be thankful for the fools. But for them the rest of us could not succeed."
Mark Twain
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