Mark Twain Quotes
In the beginning of a change, the patriot is a scarce man, brave, hated, and scorned. When his cause succeeds however, the timid join him, for then it cost nothing to be a patriot
Don't go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first
Each of you, for himself, by himself and on his own responsibility, must speak.
All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence, and then success is sure., Notebook, 1887
If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous, he will not bite you; that is the principal difference between a dog and a ma
Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress. But I repeat myself, quoted in A.B. Paine's Mark Twain: A Biography (Harper, 1912, Vol. 2, page 724).
No man's life, liberty, or property is safe while the legislature is in session (1866)
That's the difference between governments and individuals. Governments don't care, individuals do
There is no distinctly native American criminal class - save Congress.
My body is my own, at least I have always so regarded it. If I do harm ... it is I who suffers, not the state.
The only difference between a tax man and a taxidermist is that the taxidermist leaves the skin
Courage is resistance to fear, master of fear -- not absence of fear. Except a creature be part coward, it is not a compliment to say it is brave.
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