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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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
Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great
It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog
It is better to keep your mouth shut and appear stupid than to open it and remove all doubt
If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything
I have never let my schooling interfere with my education
Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life
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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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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."
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