“ There are those who would misteach us that to stick in a rut is consistency - and a virtue and that to climb out of the rut is inconsistency - and a vice. Mark Twain
“ Don't part with your illusions. When they are gone you may still exist, but you have ceased to live. Mark Twain
“ It is a wise child that knows its own father and an unusual one that unreservedly approves of him. Mark Twain
“ To be a patriot, one had to say, and keep on saying, "Our Country, right or wrong," and urge on the little war. Have you not perceived that that phrase is an insult to the nation? Mark Twain
“ It ain't the parts of the Bible that I can't understand that bother me, it's the parts that I do understand. Mark Twain
“ Thanksgiving Day, a function which originated in New England two or three centuries ago when those people recognized that they really had something to be thankful for -- annually, not oftener -- if th… Mark Twain
“ I don't like to commit myself about Heaven and Hell, you see, I have friends in both places. Mark Twain
“ The Bible has noble poetry in it... and some good morals and a wealth of obscenity, and upwards of a thousand lies. Mark Twain
“ When a person cannot deceive himself the chances are against his being able to deceive other people. Mark Twain
