It is by the fortune of God that, in this country, we have three benefits: freedom of speech, freedom of thought, and the wisdom never to use either.
Mark TwainMan never creates, he only recombines the lines and colors of his own existance.
Mark TwainEschew surplusage.
Mark TwainThe proverb says that Providence protects children and idiots. This is really true. I know because I have tested it.
Mark TwainThe less there is to justify a traditional custom, the harder it is to get rid of it
Mark TwainEvery man is a moon and has a side which he turns toward nobody: you have to slip around behind it if you want to see it.
Mark TwainA newspaper is not just for reporting the news as it is, but to make people mad enough to do something about it.
Mark TwainTags: newspaper corrective-actions
Behold, the fool saith, "Put not all thine eggs in the one basket" - which is but a matter of saying, "Scatter your money and your attention"; but the wise man saith, "Pull all your eggs in the one basket and - WATCH THAT BASKET." - Pudd'nhead Wilson's Calendar
Mark TwainTags: wisdom
I think the Cincinnati Enquirer must be edited by children.
Mark TwainTags: bad-reviews newspapers twain cincinnati enquirer
in order to make a man or boy covet a thing, it is only necessary to make the thing difficult to attain.
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