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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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
Training is everything. The peach was once a bitter almond; the cauliflower is nothing but cabbage with a college education
Work is a necessary evil to be avoided
When in doubt, tell the truth
The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who cannot read them
Principles have no real force except when one is well-fed
Noise proves nothing. Often a hen who has merely laid an egg cackles as if she had laid an asteroid
Life does not consist mainly - or even largely - of facts and happenings. It consists mainly of the storm of thoughts that is forever blowing through one's head
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On Anger: "For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
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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."
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