Names are not always what they seem.

Mark Twain

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High and fine literature is wine, and mine is only water; but everybody likes water.

Mark Twain

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All men have heard of the Mormon Bible, but few except the "elect" have seen it, or, at least, taken the trouble to read it. I brought away a copy from Salt Lake. The book is a curiosity to me, it is such a pretentious affair, and yet so "slow," so sleepy; such an insipid mess of inspiration. It is chloroform in print. If Joseph Smith composed this book, the act was a miracle — keeping awake while he did it was, at any rate.

Mark Twain

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Life should begin with age and it's privileges and accumulations, and end with youth and it's capacity to splendidly enjoy such advantages.

Mark Twain


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I cannot see how a man of any large degree of humorous perception can ever be religious -- unless he purposely shut the eyes of his mind

Mark Twain


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Homely truth is unpalatable.

Mark Twain


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Substitute 'damn' every time you're inclined to write 'very;' your editor will delete it and the writing will be just as it should be.

Mark Twain

Mots clés humor writing



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Conservatism is the blind and fear-filled worship of dead radicals.

Mark Twain

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what is joy without sorrow? what is success without failure? what is a win without a loss? what is health without illness? you have to experience each if you are to appreciate the other. there is always going to be suffering. it’s how you look at your suffering, how you deal with it, that will define you.

Mark Twain

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Each place has its own advantages - heaven for the climate, and hell for the society.

Mark Twain


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