Principles aren't of much account anyway, except at election time. After that you hang them up to let them season. Mark Twain More Quotes by Mark Twain More Quotes From Mark Twain In God We Trust. I don't believe it would sound any better if it were true. Mark Twain atheistbelievereligion It will take mind and memory months and possibly years to gather together the details, and thus learn and know the whole extent of the loss. Mark Twain lossgrievingmemories I can live for two months on a good compliment. Mark Twain loverelationshiplife I could be an idiot, or I can serve in Congress, but I repeat myself. Mark Twain repeatscongressidiot Dates are hard to remember because they consist of figures; figures are monotonously unstriking in appearance, and they don't take hold, they form no pictures, and so they give the eye no chance to help. Pictures are the thing. Pictures can make dates stick. Mark Twain eyesticksgiving We can secure other people's approval, if we do right and try hard; but our own is worth a hundred of it, and no way has been found out of securing that. Mark Twain carpe-diemselfpeople God was left out of the Constitution, but was furnished a front seat in this nations currency. ("In God we Trust") is a lie, this nations trust has always been with the dollar. Mark Twain constitutiondollarslying It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog. Mark Twain motivationalinspirationalfunny There is probably no pleasure equal to the pleasure of climbing a dangerous Alp; but it is a pleasure which is confined strictly to people who can find pleasure in it. Mark Twain alpsclimbingpeople When a man loves cats, I am his friend and comrade, without further introduction. Mark Twain catintroductionmen I have stopped smoking now and then, for a few months at a time, but it was not on principle, it was only to show off; it was to pulverize those critics who said I was a slave to my habits and couldn't break my bonds. Mark Twain monthsbrokensmoking When in doubt, tell the truth. That maxim I did invent, but never expected it to be applied to me. I did say, "When you are in doubt," but when I am in doubt myself I use more sagacity. Mark Twain truthusedoubt What God lacks is convictions- stability of character. He ought to be a Presbyterian or a Catholic or something- not try to be everything. Mark Twain atheistgodcharacter I am admonished in many ways that time is pushing me inexorably along. I am approaching the threshold of age; in 1977 I shall be 142. This is no time to be flitting about the earth. I must cease from the activities proper to youth and begin to take on the dignities and gravities and inertia proper to that season of honorable senility which is on its way. Mark Twain earthageway I don't believe there is anything in the whole earth that you can't learn in Berlin except the German language. Mark Twain german-languageearthbelieve Life would be infinitely happier if we could only be born at the age of eighty and gradually approach eighteen. Mark Twain happy-birthdaygrowing-uptime The fact that man knows right from wrong proves his intellectual superiority to the other creatures; but the fact that he can do wrong proves his moral inferiority to any creatures that cannot. Mark Twain recoveryintelligentanimal I was gratified to be able to answer promptly, and I did. I said I didn't know. Mark Twain learninginspirationalfunny A banquet is probably the most fatiguing thing in the world except ditchdigging. It is the insanest of all recreations. The inventor of it overlooked no detail that could furnish weariness, distress, harassment, and acute and long-sustained misery of mind and body. Mark Twain cookingfoodlong Prohibition only drives drunkenness behind doors and into dark places, and does not cure it or even diminish it. Mark Twain sobrietydarkdoors
