Post by Elle Rush on Nov 16, 2005 15:17:37 GMT -5
A banker is a fellow who lends you his umbrella when the sun is shining, but wants it back the minute it begins to rain.
Mark Twain
A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes.
Mark Twain
A man cannot be comfortable without his own approval.
Mark Twain
A man is never more truthful than when he acknowledges himself a liar.
Mark Twain
A man who carries a cat by the tail learns something he can learn in no other way.
Mark Twain
A person who won't read has no advantage over one who can't read.
Mark Twain
A person with a new idea is a crank until the idea succeeds.
Mark Twain
A round man cannot be expected to fit in a square hole right away. He must have time to modify his shape.
Mark Twain
Action speaks louder than words but not nearly as often.
Mark Twain
Advertisements contain the only truths to be relied on in a newspaper.
Mark Twain
Against the assault of laughter nothing can stand.
Mark Twain
Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it doesn't matter.
Mark Twain
All generalizations are false, including this one.
Mark Twain
All say, "How hard it is that we have to die" - a strange complaint to come from the mouths of people who have had to live.
Mark Twain
All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence, and then success is sure.
Mark Twain
All you need is ignorance and confidence and the success is sure.
Mark Twain
Always acknowledge a fault. This will throw those in authority off their guard and give you an opportunity to commit more.
Mark Twain
Always do right. This will gratify some people and astonish the rest.
Mark Twain
Anger is an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stored than to anything on which it is poured.
Mark Twain
Apparently there is nothing that cannot happen today.
Mark Twain
Be careful about reading health books. You may die of a misprint.
Mark Twain
Be careless in your dress if you will, but keep a tidy soul.
Mark Twain
Better a broken promise than none at all.
Mark Twain
Biographies are but the clothes and buttons of the man. The biography of the man himself cannot be written.
Mark Twain
But who prays for Satan? Who, in eighteen centuries, has had the common humanity to pray for the one sinner that needed it most?
Mark Twain
By trying we can easily endure adversity. Another man's, I mean.
Mark Twain
Cauliflower is nothing but cabbage with a college education.
Mark Twain
Civilization is the limitless multiplication of unnecessary necessities.
Mark Twain
'Classic.' A book which people praise and don't read.
Mark Twain
Climate is what we expect, weather is what we get.
Mark Twain
Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society.
Mark Twain
Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear.
Mark Twain
Deep down in me I knowed it was a lie, and He knowed it. You can't pray a lie - I found that out.
Mark Twain
Denial ain't just a river in Egypt.
Mark Twain
Do something everyday that you don't want to do; this is the golden rule for acquiring the habit of doing your duty without pain.
Mark Twain
Do the right thing. It will gratify some people and astonish the rest.
Mark Twain
Do the thing you fear most and the death of fear is certain.
Mark Twain
Don't go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first.
Mark Twain
Don't let schooling interfere with your education.
Mark Twain
Don't part with your illusions. When they are gone, you may still exist, but you have ceased to live.
Mark Twain
Don't say the old lady screamed. Bring her on and let her scream.
Mark Twain
Don't tell fish stories where the people know you; but particularly, don't tell them where they know the fish.
Mark Twain
'Don't you worry, and don't you hurry.' I know that phrase by heart, and if all other music should perish out of the world it would still sing to me.
Mark Twain
Drag your thoughts away from your troubles... by the ears, by the heels, or any other way you can manage it.
Mark Twain
Education consists mainly of what we have unlearned.
Mark Twain
Everything has its limit - iron ore cannot be educated into gold.
Mark Twain
Everything human is pathetic. The secret source of humor itself is not joy but sorrow. There is no humor in heaven.
Mark Twain
Facts are stubborn, but statistics are more pliable.
Mark Twain
Familiarity breeds contempt - and children.
Mark Twain
Familiarity breeds contempt. How accurate that is. The reason we hold truth in such respect is because we have so little opportunity to get familiar with it.
Mark Twain
Few things are harder to put up with than the annoyance of a good example.
Mark Twain
Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities. Truth isn't.
Mark Twain
Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heal that has crushed it.
Mark Twain
From his cradle to his grave a man never does a single thing which has any first and foremost object but one - to secure peace of mind, spiritual comfort, for himself.
Mark Twain
George Washington, as a boy, was ignorant of the commonest accomplishments of youth. He could not even lie.
Mark Twain
Get your facts first, then you can distort them as you please.
Mark Twain
Giving up smoking is the easiest thing in the world. I know because I've done it thousands of times.
Mark Twain
Go to Heaven for the climate, Hell for the company.
Mark Twain
God made the Idiot for practice, and then He made the School Board.
Mark Twain
Going to law is losing a cow for the sake of a cat.
Mark Twain
Mark Twain
A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes.
Mark Twain
A man cannot be comfortable without his own approval.
Mark Twain
A man is never more truthful than when he acknowledges himself a liar.
Mark Twain
A man who carries a cat by the tail learns something he can learn in no other way.
Mark Twain
A person who won't read has no advantage over one who can't read.
Mark Twain
A person with a new idea is a crank until the idea succeeds.
Mark Twain
A round man cannot be expected to fit in a square hole right away. He must have time to modify his shape.
Mark Twain
Action speaks louder than words but not nearly as often.
Mark Twain
Advertisements contain the only truths to be relied on in a newspaper.
Mark Twain
Against the assault of laughter nothing can stand.
Mark Twain
Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it doesn't matter.
Mark Twain
All generalizations are false, including this one.
Mark Twain
All say, "How hard it is that we have to die" - a strange complaint to come from the mouths of people who have had to live.
Mark Twain
All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence, and then success is sure.
Mark Twain
All you need is ignorance and confidence and the success is sure.
Mark Twain
Always acknowledge a fault. This will throw those in authority off their guard and give you an opportunity to commit more.
Mark Twain
Always do right. This will gratify some people and astonish the rest.
Mark Twain
Anger is an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stored than to anything on which it is poured.
Mark Twain
Apparently there is nothing that cannot happen today.
Mark Twain
Be careful about reading health books. You may die of a misprint.
Mark Twain
Be careless in your dress if you will, but keep a tidy soul.
Mark Twain
Better a broken promise than none at all.
Mark Twain
Biographies are but the clothes and buttons of the man. The biography of the man himself cannot be written.
Mark Twain
But who prays for Satan? Who, in eighteen centuries, has had the common humanity to pray for the one sinner that needed it most?
Mark Twain
By trying we can easily endure adversity. Another man's, I mean.
Mark Twain
Cauliflower is nothing but cabbage with a college education.
Mark Twain
Civilization is the limitless multiplication of unnecessary necessities.
Mark Twain
'Classic.' A book which people praise and don't read.
Mark Twain
Climate is what we expect, weather is what we get.
Mark Twain
Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society.
Mark Twain
Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear.
Mark Twain
Deep down in me I knowed it was a lie, and He knowed it. You can't pray a lie - I found that out.
Mark Twain
Denial ain't just a river in Egypt.
Mark Twain
Do something everyday that you don't want to do; this is the golden rule for acquiring the habit of doing your duty without pain.
Mark Twain
Do the right thing. It will gratify some people and astonish the rest.
Mark Twain
Do the thing you fear most and the death of fear is certain.
Mark Twain
Don't go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first.
Mark Twain
Don't let schooling interfere with your education.
Mark Twain
Don't part with your illusions. When they are gone, you may still exist, but you have ceased to live.
Mark Twain
Don't say the old lady screamed. Bring her on and let her scream.
Mark Twain
Don't tell fish stories where the people know you; but particularly, don't tell them where they know the fish.
Mark Twain
'Don't you worry, and don't you hurry.' I know that phrase by heart, and if all other music should perish out of the world it would still sing to me.
Mark Twain
Drag your thoughts away from your troubles... by the ears, by the heels, or any other way you can manage it.
Mark Twain
Education consists mainly of what we have unlearned.
Mark Twain
Everything has its limit - iron ore cannot be educated into gold.
Mark Twain
Everything human is pathetic. The secret source of humor itself is not joy but sorrow. There is no humor in heaven.
Mark Twain
Facts are stubborn, but statistics are more pliable.
Mark Twain
Familiarity breeds contempt - and children.
Mark Twain
Familiarity breeds contempt. How accurate that is. The reason we hold truth in such respect is because we have so little opportunity to get familiar with it.
Mark Twain
Few things are harder to put up with than the annoyance of a good example.
Mark Twain
Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities. Truth isn't.
Mark Twain
Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heal that has crushed it.
Mark Twain
From his cradle to his grave a man never does a single thing which has any first and foremost object but one - to secure peace of mind, spiritual comfort, for himself.
Mark Twain
George Washington, as a boy, was ignorant of the commonest accomplishments of youth. He could not even lie.
Mark Twain
Get your facts first, then you can distort them as you please.
Mark Twain
Giving up smoking is the easiest thing in the world. I know because I've done it thousands of times.
Mark Twain
Go to Heaven for the climate, Hell for the company.
Mark Twain
God made the Idiot for practice, and then He made the School Board.
Mark Twain
Going to law is losing a cow for the sake of a cat.
Mark Twain