Quotes about Twain

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Insanity is doing the same thing, over and over again, but expecting different results. — Narcotics Anonymous
The dog is a gentleman — I hope to go to his heaven not man's.
Go to heaven for the climate and hell for the company. — Benjamin Franklin Wade
Be careful about reading health books. Some fine day you'll die of a misprint. — Markus Herz
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.
All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence — then success is sure.
The source of all humor is not laughter, but sorrow. — Mark Twain
A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes. — Mark Twain
There are three types of lies -- lies, damn lies, and statistics. — Benjamin Disraeli
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.
To believe yourself brave is to be brave — it is the one only essential thing.
So I don’t think I’ll make Poet Laureate,but I swear I’m not twisted and bitter,If finely-wrought talentsdon’t weigh in — Rosy Cole, The Twain: Poems of Earth and Ether
My books are water — those of the great geniuses is wine. Everybody drinks water.
Ours is a terrible religion. The fleets of the world could swim in spacious comfort in the innocent blood it has spilt. — Mark Twain, On Religion
The rule is perfect: in all matters of opinion our adversaries are insane. — Mark Twain
The signs of excessive indulgence in this destructive pastime are easily detectable. They are these: A disposition to ea — Mark Twain, On Masturbation
Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So thr — H. Jackson Brown Jr., P.S. I Love You
Conservatism is the blind and fear-filled worship of dead radicals. — Mark Twain
Even the ugliest person's cellulite is more attractive than the most beautiful supermodel's lower intestine.' I'd put th — Jenny Lawson, Furiously Happy: A Funny Book About Horrible Things
This river is famed in atrocious song and verse; the most prevalent motif is one which attempts to make of the river an — John Kennedy Toole, A Confederacy of Dunces