Miscellaneous quotes
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Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society.
Mark Twain1835–1910More Maxims of Mark (1927) edited by Merle JohnsonGood friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.
- Mark Twain1835–1910Following the Equator (1897), Ch. 27, Pudd’nhead Wilson’s New Calendar.
Few things are harder to put up with than the annoyance of a good example.
Mark Twain1835–1910Pudd’nhead Wilson (1894), Ch. 19.Let us live so that when we come to die even the undertaker will be sorry.
Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it’s time to pause and reflect.
Mark Twain1835–1910Papers of the Adam Family (1939) (2016). “The Wit and Wisdom of Mark Twain”, p.97, ChartwellMan was made at the end of the week’s work when God was tired.
Mark Twain1835–1910Mark Twain’s Notebook (1935), p. 381Under certain circumstances, profanity provides a relief denied even to prayer.