“ It is discouraging to try to penetrate a mind like yours. You ought to get it out and dance on it. That would take some of the rigidity out of it. Mark Twain
“ We have not the reverent feeling for the rainbow that the savage has, because we know how it is made. We have lost as much as we gained by prying into that matter. Mark Twain
“ Life would be infinitely happier if we could only be born at the age of eighty and gradually approach eighteen. Mark Twain
“ Well, there are times when one would like to hang the whole human race and finish the farce. Mark Twain
“ We met a great many other interesting people, among them Lewis Carroll, author of the immortal Alice--but he was only interesting to look at, for he was the silliest and shyest full-grown man I have e… Mark Twain
“ Evolution is the law of policies: Darwin said it, Socrates endorsed it, Cuvier proved it and established it for all time in his paper on 'The Survival of the Fittest.' These are illustrious names, thi… Mark Twain
“ Customs do not concern themselves with right or wrong or reason. But they have to be obeyed; one reasons all around them until he is tired, but he must not transgress them, it is sternly forbidden. Mark Twain
“ I always take Scotch whiskey at night as a preventive of toothache. I have never had the toothache; and what is more, I never intend to have it. Mark Twain
“ Patriot: the person who can holler the loudest without knowing what he is hollering about. Mark Twain
“ The government of my country snubs honest simplicity but fondles artistic villainy, and I think I might have developed into a very capable pickpocket if I had remained in the public service a year or… Mark Twain
“ Most writers regard the truth as their most valuable possession, and therefore are economical in its use. Mark Twain
“ Well, there was a sort of bastard justice in his view of the case, and so I dropped the matter. When you can't cure a disaster by argument, what is the use to argue? Mark Twain
“ Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to reform (or pause and reflect). Mark Twain
