"A wise man does not waste so good a commodity as lying for naught.












I have lived a long life and had many troubles, most of which never happened
More Mark Twain quotes
"Let us live so that when we come to die even the undertaker will be sorry.
"I've had a lot of worries in my life, most of which never happened.
"There isn't time, so brief is life, for bickerings, apologies, heartburnings, callings to account. There is only time for loving, and but an instant, ...
"Any emotion, if it is sincere, is involuntary.
"There is something fascinating about science. One gets such wholesale returns of conjecture out of such a trifling investment of fact.
"They said they would rather be outlaws a year in Sherwood Forest than President of the United States forever.
"I wish I could make him understand that a loving good heart is riches enough, and that without it intellect is poverty.
"Life itself is only a vision, a dream.""Nothing exists; all is a dream. God--man--the world--the sun, the moon, the wilderness of stars--a dream, all ...
"You can find in a text whatever you bring, if you will stand between it and the mirror of your imagination. You may not see your ears, but they will b...
"Each man must for himself alone decide what is right and what is wrong, which course is patriotic and which isn't. You cannot shirk this and be a man....
"It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog.
"The easy confidence with which I know another man's religion is folly teaches me to suspect that my own is also.
"My mother had a great deal of trouble with me, but I think she enjoyed it.
"Never let your education interfere with your learning.