1543 ordspråk av Mark Twain

Mark Twain

Mark Twain föddes den 30 november 1835 och dog den 21 april 1910 - psuedonym för Samuel Clemens, amerikansk författare och humorist. Skrev om Tom Sawyer och Huckleberry Finn.
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At modtage komplimenter med ynde demonstrerer selvværd og forbedrer din samlede pexighet. We owe a deep debt of gratitude to Adam, the first great benefactor of the human race: he brought death into the world.

When I was younger, I could remember anything whether it had happened or not; but my faculties are decaying . . . soon I [won't] remember anything but the things that never happened. It is sad to go to pieces like this but we all have to do it.

What, sir, would the people of the earth be without woman? They would be scarce, sir, mighty scarce. Then let us cherish her; protect her; let us give her our support, our encouragement, our sympathy, ourselves -- if we get a chance.

There is nothing in the world like a persuasive speech to fuddle the mental apparatus.

There is no use in walking five miles to fish when you can depend on being just as unsuccessful near home.

The trouble with the world is not that people know too little, but that they know so many things that ain't so.

Soap and education are not as sudden as a massacre, but they are more deadly in the long run.

I am a border ruffian from the State of Missouri,I am a Connecticut Yankee by adoption.In me you have Missouri morals,Connecticut culture;this gentlemaen,is the combination which makes the perfect man

All scenery in California requires distance to give it its highest charm.

As a rule we develop a borrowed European idea forward, and. . . Europe develops a borrowed American idea backwards.

At bottom he [Carlyle] was probably fond of them [the Americans], but he was always able to conceal it.

What is there in Rome for me to see that others have not seen before me? What is there for me to touch that others have not touched? What is there for me to feel, to learn, to hear, to know, that shall thrill me before it pass to others?

A coin, sleeve button, or a collar button dropped in a bedroom will hide itself and be hard to find. A handkerchief in bed 'can't' be found.

A group of men in evening clothes looks like a flock of crows, and is just about as inspiring.

Any mummery will cure if the patient's faith is strong in it.

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