Mark Twain Quotes about Hunting

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when we badly want a thing, we go to hunting for good and righteous reasons for it; we give it that fine name to comfort our consciences, whereas we privately know we are only hunting for plausible ones.

when we badly want a thing, we go to hunting for good and righteous reasons for it; we give it that fine name to comfort our consciences, whereas we privately know we are only hunting for plausible ones.

Mark Twain

Hunting, Names, Giving

Mark Twain (2011). “No. 44, The Mysterious Stranger”, p.130, Univ of California Press

I pledged myself to smoke but one cigar a day. I kept the cigar waiting until bedtime, then I had a luxurious time with it. But desire persecuted me every day and all day long. I found myself hunting for larger cigars...within the month my cigar had grown to such proportions I could have used it as a crutch.

Mark Twain

Hunting, Long, Waiting

Mark Twain (2015). “Following the Equator: "A Journey Around the World"”, p.18, eKitap Projesi via PublishDrive