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Mark Twain Quotes - Page 88

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Frankness is a jewel; only the young can afford it.

Frankness is a jewel; only the young can afford it.

Jewels, Young, Frankness

Mark Twain (1967). “Complete Letters of Mark Twain”, p.20, Library of Alexandria

Warm summer sun, shine kindly here. Warm southern wind, blow softly here. Green sod above, lie light, lie light. Good night, dear Heart, Good night, good night.

Romantic, Good Night, Summer

Mark Twain, William Dean Howells, Albert Bigelow Paine (2014). “The Mark Twain Autobiography + 3 Biographies: 4 Mark Twain Biographies In 1 Book: Chapters From My Autobiography By Mark Twain + My Mark Twain By William Dean Howells’ + Mark Twain A Biography By Albert Bigelow Paine + The Boys’ Life Of Mark Twain By Albert Bigelow Paine”, p.1366, e-artnow

Weather is a literary specialty, and no untrained hand can turn out a good article on it

Weather, Hands, Cold

Mark Twain (2014). “The American Claimant”, p.5, Jazzybee Verlag

Such is professional jealousy; a scientist will never show any kindness for a theory which he did not start himself.

Kindness, Science, Scientist

Mark Twain (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Mark Twain (Illustrated)”, p.5262, Delphi Classics

That is the way of the scientist. He will spend thirty years in building up a mountain range of facts with the intent to prove a certain theory; then he is so happy with his achievement that as a rule he overlooks the main chief fact of all-that all his accumulation proves an entirely different thing.

Science, Mountain Ranges, Years

Mark Twain (2015). “Mark Twain's Essays: Top Essays”, p.177, 谷月社

I never could do anything with figures, never had any talent for mathematics, never accomplished anything in my efforts at that rugged study, and to-day the only mathematics I know is multiplication, and the minute I get away up in that, as soon as I reach nine times seven- [He lapsed into deep thought, trying to figure nine times seven. Mr. McKelway whispered the answer to him.] I've got it now. It's eighty-four. Well, I can get that far all right with a little hesitation. After that I am uncertain, and I can't manage a statistic.

Science, Accomplishment, Effort

All right, then, I'll go to hell.

Literature, Hell, Go To Hell

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn ch. 31 (1884)

Circumstances make man, not man circumstances.

Men, Circumstances, Determinism

Mark Twain (2012). “Mark Twain at Your Fingertips: A Book of Quotations”, p.46, Courier Corporation

The man who is ostentatious of his modesty is twin to the statue that wears a fig-leaf.

Inspirational, Men, Modesty

Mark Twain (2012). “Mark Twain at Your Fingertips: A Book of Quotations”, p.281, Courier Corporation

What is there that confers the noblest delight? What is that which swells a man's breast with pride above that which any other experience can bring to him? Discovery!

Pride, Men, Discovery

Mark Twain (2008). “The Innocents Abroad”, p.266, Velvet Element Books

I love to revel in philosophical matters-especially astronomy. I study astronomy more than any other foolishness there is. I am a perfect slave to it. I am at it all the time. I have got more smoked glass than clothes. I am as familiar with the stars as the comets are. I know all the facts and figures and have all the knowledge there is concerning them. I yelp astronomy like a sun-dog, and paw the constellations like Ursa Major.

Dog, Stars, Philosophical

Mark Twain (2016). “The Wit and Wisdom of Mark Twain”, p.48, Chartwell

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.

Tired, Reason, Forbidden

"The Gorky Incident". Essay by Mark Twain, 1906.

Authorship is not a trade, it is an inspiration; authorship does not keep an office, its habitation is all out under the sky, and everywhere the winds are blowing and the sun is shining and the creatures of God are free.

Inspiration, Wind, Sky

Mark Twain (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Mark Twain (Illustrated)”, p.3039, Delphi Classics

You thunder and lightning too much; the reader ceases to get under the bed, by and by.

Writing, Bed, Lightning

Mark Twain (2004). “The Letters of Mark Twain”, p.79, 1st World Publishing

Explore. Dream. Discover.

Dream, Exploration

I was born with Halley's Comet and I expect to die upon its return

Astrology, Return, Born

We all belong to the nasty stinking little human race, & of course it is not nice for God's beloved vermin to scoff at each other... Oh, we are a nasty little lot-& to think there are people who would like to save us & continue us. It won't happen if I have any influence.

Nice, Thinking, Race

Mark Twain, William Dean Howells (1960). “Mark Twain-Howells Letters: The Correspondence of Samuel L. Clemens and William D. Howells, 1872-1910”, Belknap Press

It isn't safe to sit in judgment upon another person's illusion when you are not on the inside. While you are thinking it is a dream, he may be knowing it is a planet.

Dream, Thinking, Knowing

Mark Twain (1966). “Mark Twain's "Which Was the Dream?" and Other Symbolic Writings of the Later Years”, p.492, Univ of California Press

As a thinker and planner the ant is the equal of any savage race of men; as a self-educated specialist in several arts she is the superior of any savage race of men; and in one or two high mental qualities she is above the reach of any man, savage or civilized!

Art, Men, Race

Mark Twain (2015). “Mark Twain's Essays: Top Essays”, p.57, 谷月社

Out of the unconscious lips of babes and sucklings are we satirized.

Sarcasm, Lips, Cynicism

Mark Twain (1966). “Mark Twain's "Which Was the Dream?" and Other Symbolic Writings of the Later Years”, p.57, Univ of California Press

Let me make the superstitions of a nation and I care not who makes its laws or its songs either.

Song, Law, Care

Following the Equator ch. 51, "Pudd'nhead Wilson's New Calendar" (1897) See Auden 22; Auden 39; Andrew Fletcher 1; Samuel Johnson 22; Percy Shelley 15

A person who has during all time maintained the imposing position of spiritual head of four-fifths of the human race, and political head of the whole of it, must be granted the possession of executive abilities of the loftiest order.

Spiritual, Race, Order

Mark Twain (2014). “Short Stories And Sketches (Annotated Edition)”, p.772, Jazzybee Verlag

Shall we go on conferring our Civilization upon the peoples that sit in darkness, or shall we give those poor things a rest?

Civilization, Giving, Darkness

Mark Twain (2004). “The Portable Mark Twain”, p.495, Penguin

We laugh and laugh. Then cry and cry- Then feebler laugh, Then die.

Laughing, Cry, Dies

Mark Twain, Arthur Lincoln Scott (1966). “On the poetry of Mark Twain: with selections from his verse”

Oh Death where is thy sting! It has none. But life has.

Life And Death

Mark Twain, Albert Bigelow Paine (1971). “Mark Twain's notebook”, Scholarly Pr

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