All publishers are Columbuses. The successful author is their America. The reflection that they-like Columbus-didn't discover what they expected to discover, and didn't discover what they started out to discover, doesn't trouble them. All they remember is that they discovered America; they forget that they started out to discover some patch or corner of India.

Mark Twain

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Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind ca... by Mark Twain

Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.

positive inspirational relationship

Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience.

inspirational life funny

Politicians and diapers must be changed often, and for the same r... by Mark Twain

Politicians and diapers must be changed often, and for the same reason.

politics change funny

Life is short, Break the Rules. Forgive quickly, Kiss slowly. Love truly. Laugh uncontrollably And never regret ANYTHING That makes you smile.

inspirational love life

How easy it is to make people believe a lie, and [how] hard it is... by Mark Twain

How easy it is to make people believe a lie, and [how] hard it is to undo that work again!

atheist religious people

Give every day the chance to become the most beautiful day of you... by Mark Twain

Give every day the chance to become the most beautiful day of your life.

beautiful-day beautiful giving

The two most important days in your life are the day you are born... by Mark Twain

The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why.

motivational inspirational life

You meet people who forget you. You forget people you meet. But sometimes you meet those people you can't forget. Those are your 'friends

lost-friendship losing-friends people

If you don't read the newspaper, you're uninformed. If you read t... by Mark Twain

If you don't read the newspaper, you're uninformed. If you read the newspaper, you're mis-informed.

humor inspirational funny

Never allow someone to be your priority while allowing yourself t... by Mark Twain

Never allow someone to be your priority while allowing yourself to be their option.

broken-heart heartbreak life

Never miss an opportunity to shut up. by Mark Twain

Never miss an opportunity to shut up.

communication missing opportunity

The more I learn about people, the more I like my dog. by Mark Twain

The more I learn about people, the more I like my dog.

inspirational love life

Success is a journey, not a destination. It requires constant eff... by Mark Twain

Success is a journey, not a destination. It requires constant effort, vigilance and reevaluation.

effort destination journey

Never argue with a fool, onlookers may not be able to tell the di... by Mark Twain

Never argue with a fool, onlookers may not be able to tell the difference.

differences crazy inspirational

To be great, truly great, you have to be the kind of person who m... by Mark Twain

To be great, truly great, you have to be the kind of person who makes the others around you great.

kind persons

Good judgement is the result of experience and experience the res... by Mark Twain

Good judgement is the result of experience and experience the result of bad judgement.

judgement inspirational life

The truth hurts, but silence kills. by Mark Twain

The truth hurts, but silence kills.

truth-hurts silence hurt

The secret of getting ahead is getting started. The secret of getting started is breaking your complex overwhelming tasks into small manageable tasks, and starting on the first one.

new-beginnings inspirational life

The average woman would rather have beauty than brains, because the average man can see better than he can think.

average men thinking

The trouble with the world is not that people know too little; it's that they know so many things that just aren't so.

people world knowledge