Have a place for everything and keep the thing somewhere else. This is not advice, it is merely custom. Mark Twain More Quotes by Mark Twain More Quotes From Mark Twain To trust the God of the Bible is to trust an irascible, vindictive, fierce and ever fickle and changeful master. Mark Twain fickleatheismreligion The less there is to justify a traditional custom, the harder it is to get rid of it Mark Twain harderlogictradition It is a mistake that there is no bath that will cure people's manners, but drowning would help. Mark Twain bathsmistakepeople Give an Irishman lager for a month and he's a dead man. An Irishman's stomach is lined with copper, and the beer corrodes it. But whiskey polishes the copper and is the saving of him. Mark Twain drinkingbeermen Modesty antedates clothes and will be resumed when clothes are no more. Mark Twain modestyclothesfashion Of all the animals, man is the only one that is cruel. He is the only one that inflicts pain for the pleasure of doing it. Mark Twain painanimallife Loyalty to the country always. Loyalty to the government when it deserves it. Mark Twain loyaltypeacecountry An American has not seen the United States until he has seen Mardi-Gras in New Orleans. Mark Twain mardi-grasunited-statesnew-orleans There is nothing so annoying as a good example!! Mark Twain annoyinggood-examplesexample To string incongruities and absurdities together in a wandering and sometimes purposeless way, and seem innocently unaware that they are absurdities, is the basis of the American art, if my position is correct. Mark Twain togetherwritingart Go and surprise the whole country by doing something right. Mark Twain surprisewholecountry Everything has its limit - iron ore cannot be educated into gold. Mark Twain ironeducationalinspiration The Bible is full of interest. It has noble poetry in it; and some clever fables; and some blood-drenched history; and some good morals; and a wealth of obscenity; and upwards of a thousand lies. This Bible is built mainly out of fragments of older Bibles that had their day and crumbled to ruin. So it noticeably lacks in originality, necessarily. Its three or four most imposing and impressive events all happened in earlier Bibles; there are only two new things in it: hell, for one, and that singular heaven I have told you about. Mark Twain cleverlyingblood Good breeding consists in concealing how much we think of ourselves and how little we think of the other person. Mark Twain littleslifethinking When a person cannot deceive himself the chances are against his being able to deceive other people. Mark Twain deceiving-othersdeceptionpeople A crime persevered in a thousand centuries ceases to be a crime, and becomes a virtue. This is the law of custom, and custom supersedes all other forms of law. Mark Twain humorlawfunny Books are the liberated spirits of men. Mark Twain spiritmenbook The modern patriotism, the true patriotism, the only rational patriotism is loyalty to the Nation all the time, loyalty to the Government when it deserves it. Mark Twain memorial-dayinspirationalcountry If you don't like the weather in New England now, just wait a few minutes. Mark Twain englandwaitingweather Words are only painted fire; a look is the fire itself. Mark Twain firelooks
