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Moralists and philosophers have adjudged those who throw temptation in the way of the erring, equally guilty with those who are thereby led into evil

Moralists and philosophers have adjudged those who throw temptation in the way of the erring, equally guilty with those who are thereby led into evil

Mark Twain
Evil, Temptation, Erring

Hardly a man in the world has an opinion upon morals, political, or religion which he got otherwise than through his associations and sympathies.

Mark Twain
Change, Men, Political
Mark Twain (2000). “The Jumping Frog: And 18 Other Stories”, p.87, Book Tree

If there was two birds sitting on a fence, he would bet you which one would fly first.

Mark Twain
Two, Bird, Sitting
Mark Twain (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Mark Twain (Illustrated)”, p.3654, Delphi Classics

History teaches us that whenever a weak and ignorant people possess a thing which a strong and enlightened people want, it must be yielded up peaceably.

Mark Twain
Strong, People, History
Mark Twain (1961). “Twain: Wit and Wisecracks”

Conductor, when you receive a fare, Punch in the presence of the passenjare. A blue trip slip for an eight-cent fare, A buff trip slip for a six-cent fare, A pink trip slip for a three-cent fare, Punch in the presence of the passenjare! Punch, brothers! punch with care! Punch in the presence of the passenjare!

Mark Twain
Brother, Eight, Blue
Mark Twain, Gary Scharnhorst (2006). “Mark Twain: The Complete Interviews”, p.422, University of Alabama Press

No one has ever seen a Republican mass meeting that was devoid of the perception of the ludicrous.

Mark Twain
Perception, Republican, Mass
Mark Twain (1992). “Twain: Collected Tales, Sketches, Speeches, and Essays, Volume 1: 1852-1890”, p.1115, Library of America

The lie, as a virtue, a principle, is eternal; the lie, as a recreation, a solace, a refuge in time of need, the fourth Grace, the tenth Muse, man's best and surest friend is immortal

Mark Twain
Lying, Men, Grace
Mark Twain (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Mark Twain (Illustrated)”, p.2655, Delphi Classics

Eternal rest sounds comforting in the pulpit; well, you try it once, and see how heavy time will hang on your hands.

Mark Twain
Hands, Comforting, Trying
Mark Twain, General Press (2016). “The Complete Works of Mark Twain: All 13 Novels, Short Stories, Poetry and Essays”, p.2826, GENERAL PRESS

the rumors of the White Sox demise are greatly exaggerated.

Mark Twain
White, Rumor, Demise

And so I am become a knight of the Kingdom of Dreams and Shadows

Mark Twain
Dream, Knights, Shadow
Mark Twain, General Press (2016). “The Complete Works of Mark Twain: All 13 Novels, Short Stories, Poetry and Essays”, p.1762, GENERAL PRESS

It is poison - rank poison - to knuckle down to care and hardships. They must come to us all, albeit in different shapes, and we may not escape them. It is not possible. But we may swindle them out of half of their puissance with a stiff upper lip.

Mark Twain
Care, Shapes, May
Mark Twain (2012). “Mark Twain at Your Fingertips: A Book of Quotations”, p.172, Courier Corporation

What is the most rigorous law of our being? Growth. No smallest atom of our moral, mental, or physical structure can stand still a year. It grows--it must grow smaller or larger, better or worse--it cannot stand still. In other words, we change--and must change, constantly, and keep on changing as long as we live. What, then, is the true Gospel of consistency? Change. Who is the really consistent man? The man who changes. Since change is the law of his being, he cannot be consistent if he's stuck in a rut.

Mark Twain
Men, Years, Law

Labor in loneliness is irksome.

Mark Twain
Loneliness, Labor
Mark Twain (2008). “The Innocents Abroad”, p.512, Velvet Element Books

I never made a success of a lecture delivered in a church yet. People are afraid to laugh in a church. They can't be made to do it in any possible way.

Mark Twain
People, Laughing, Church
Mark Twain (1992). “Mark Twain's Letters, Volume 3: 1869”, p.35, Univ of California Press

The citizen who thinks he sees that the commonwealth's political clothes are worn out, and yet holds his peace and does not agitate for a new suit, is disloyal, he is a traitor. That he may be the only one who thinks he sees this decay, does not excuse him: it is his duty to agitate anyway, and it is the duty of others to vote him down if they do not see the matter as he does.

Mark Twain
Thinking, Clothes, Political
Mark Twain (1889). “A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court”, p.101, Createspace Independent Pub

An injurious lie is an uncommendable thing; and so, also, and in the same degree, is an injurious truth a fact that is recognized by the law of libel .

Mark Twain
Lying, Law, Degrees
Mark Twain (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Mark Twain (Illustrated)”, p.2657, Delphi Classics

It is a pity we can't escape from life when we are young.

Mark Twain
Pity, Young

when the human race is not grotesque it is because it is asleep and losing its opportunity.

Mark Twain
Opportunity, Race, Losing
Mark Twain (2013). “Autobiography of Mark Twain, Volume 2: The Complete and Authoritative Edition”, p.127, Univ of California Press

Brooklyn praise is half slander.

Mark Twain
Brooklyn, Half, Praise
Mark Twain (2013). “Autobiography of Mark Twain”, p.370, Univ of California Press

Pilgrim's Progress , about a man that left his family, it didn't say why. I read considerable in it now and then. The statements was interesting, but tough.

Mark Twain
Men, Interesting, Progress
'The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn' (1884) ch. 17

Surely the test of a novel's characters is that you feel a strong interest in them and their affairs the good to be successful, the bad to suffer failure. Well, in John Ward, you feel no divided interest, no discriminating interest you want them all to land in hell together, and right away.

Mark Twain
Strong, Character, Successful
Mark Twain (2017). “The Complete Works of Mark Twain (Illustrated Edition): Novels, Short Stories, Memoir, Travel Books, Letters, Biography, Articles & Speeches: The Adventures of Tom Sawyer & Huckleberry Finn, Life on the Mississippi, Yankee in King Arthur's Court…”, p.8269, e-artnow

Twenty-four years ago I was strangely handsome; in San Francisco in the rainy season I was often mistaken for fair weather.

Mark Twain
Years, Weather, San Francisco
Attributed in Evan Esar, The Dictionary of Humorous Quotations (1949)

The observance of Thanksgiving Day-as a function-has become general of late years. The Thankfulness is not so general. This is natural. Two-thirds of the nation have always had hard luck and a hard time during the year, and this has a calming effect upon their enthusiasm.

Mark Twain
Hard Times, Years, Two
Mark Twain (2015). “Following the Equator: "A Journey Around the World"”, p.170, eKitap Projesi

To gnaw on is human, towards digest, divine.

Mark Twain
Divine, Humans

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Mark Twain
Writing, Share, Dump

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