Samuel Langhorne Clemens
United States
30 Nov 1835 // 21 Apr 1910
Writer / Author
30 Nov 1835 // 21 Apr 1910
Writer / Author
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A man who carries a cat by the tail learns something he can learn in no other way
A man is never more truthful than when he acknowledges himself a liar
A man cannot be comfortable without his own approval
A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes
Few things are harder to put up with than the annoyance of a good example
When angry, count four; when very angry, swear
Good breeding consists in concealing how much we think of ourselves and how little we think of the other person
There are laws to protect the freedom of the press's speech, but none that are worth anything to protect the people from the press
Truth is the most valuable thing we have. Let us economize it
There are several good protections against temptations, but the surest is cowardice
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On Anger: "For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
Essays
Essays
On Destiny: "Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature: it is our future that lays down the law of our today."
Human, All Too Human
Human, All Too Human
On Friendship: "A crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love."
Essays
Essays