Mark Twain

Writer

561 Quotes

Ideally a book would have no order to it, and the reader would have to discover his own.

Orang yang berusaha menemukan motif dalam narasi ini akan dituntut; orang yang berusaha menemukan moral di dalamnya akan dibuang; orang yang berusaha menemukan plot di dalamnya akan ditembak.

Be careful about reading health books. You may die of a misprint.

To refuse awards is another way of accepting them with more noise than is normal.

It put our energies to sleep and made visionaries of us - dreamers and indolent... It is good to begin life poor; it is good to begin life rich - these are wholesome; but to begin it prospectively rich! The man who has not experienced it cannot imagine the curse of it.

Don't say the old lady screamed. Bring her on and let her scream.

Noise proves nothing. Often a hen who has merely laid an egg cackles as if she laid an asteroid.

Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.

The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who cannot read them.

Sebuah engkol adalah seseorang dengan ide baru - sampai menangkap.

Wit is the sudden marriage of ideas which, before their union, were not perceived to have any relation.

The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who cannot read them.

A man's character may be learned from the adjectives which he habitually uses in conversation.

Yang Anda butuhkan dalam hidup ini adalah ketidaktahuan dan keyakinan; maka kesuksesan adalah pasti.

As an example to others, and not that I care for moderation myself, it has always been my rule never to smoke when asleep, and never to refrain from smoking when awake.

What is the difference between a taxidermist and a tax collector? The taxidermist takes only your skin.

Rahasia untuk maju adalah memulai.

In the first place, God made idiots. That was for practice. Then he made school boards.

Loyalty to the Nation all the time, loyalty to the Government when it deserves it.

Saya bisa mengajari siapa saja cara mendapatkan apa yang mereka inginkan dalam hidup. Masalahnya adalah saya tidak dapat menemukan siapa pun yang dapat memberi tahu saya apa yang mereka inginkan.

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