Laws control the lesser man... Right conduct controls the greater one. Mark Twain More Quotes by Mark Twain More Quotes From Mark Twain There are lies, damned lies and statistics. Mark Twain motivational-sports inspirational lying I do not fear death. I had been dead for billions and billions of years before I was born, and had not suffered the slightest inconvenience from it. Mark Twain sarcastic inspirational death When angry, count to four; when very angry, swear. Mark Twain life-lesson inspirational-life anger I have been scientifically studying the traits and dispositions of the "lower animals" (so-called,) and contrasting them with the traits and dispositions of man. I find the result profoundly humiliating to me. For it obliges me to renounce my allegiance to the Darwinian theory of the Ascent of Man from the Lower Animals; since it now seems plain to me that that theory ought to be vacated in favor of a new and truer one, this new and truer one to be named the Descent of Man from the Higher Animals. Mark Twain animal men science I hate to hear people say this Judge will vote so and so, because he is a Democrat -- and this one so and so because he is a Republican. It is shameful. The Judges have the Constitution for their guidance; they have no right to any politics save the politics of rigid right and justice when they are sitting in judgment upon the great matters that come before them. Mark Twain hate justice people When I was younger, I could remember anything, whether it had happened or not; but my faculties are decaying now and soon I shall be so I cannot remember any but the things that never happened. It is sad to go to pieces like this but we all have to do it. Mark Twain 50th-birthday happy-birthday growing-up The public is the only critic whose judgment is worth anything at all. Mark Twain editors criticism writing The government is merely a servant―merely a temporary servant; it cannot be its prerogative to determine what is right and what is wrong, and decide who is a patriot and who isn't. Its function is to obey orders, not originate them. Mark Twain political government order The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who cannot read them. Mark Twain education inspiring inspirational Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life. Mark Twain friendship life funny Blasphemy? No, it is not blashphemy. If God is as vast as that, he is above blasphemy; if he is as little as that, He is beneath it. Mark Twain religious littles religion The more things are forbidden, the more popular they become. Mark Twain forbidden-things forbidden-fruit literature I deal with temptation by yielding to it. Mark Twain deals temptation Everyone is a moon, and has a dark side which he never shows to anybody. Mark Twain halloween fake-people funny There is something fascinating about science. One gets such wholesale returns of conjecture out of such a trifling investment of fact. Mark Twain return math science Never let the truth get in the way of a good story. Mark Twain deep-thought truth witty It ain't those parts of the Bible that I can't understand that bother me, it is the parts that I do understand. Mark Twain atheist religious death I can teach anybody how to get what they want out of life. The problem is that I can't find anybody who can tell me what they want. Mark Twain sassy discovery life The finest clothing made is a person's own skin, but, of course, society demands something more than this. Mark Twain demand society skins Monarchies, aristocracies, and religions....there was never a country where the majority of the people were in their secret hearts loyal to any of these institutions. Mark Twain heart country people
