Samuel Langhorne Clemens
United States
30 Nov 1835 // 21 Apr 1910
Writer / Author
30 Nov 1835 // 21 Apr 1910
Writer / Author
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Action speaks louder than words but not nearly as often
A round man cannot be expected to fit in a square hole right away. He must have time to modify his shape
A person with a new idea is a crank until the idea succeeds
A man who carries a cat by the tail learns something he can learn in no other way
A man is never more truthful than when he acknowledges himself a liar
A man cannot be comfortable without his own approval
A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes
Few things are harder to put up with than the annoyance of a good example
When angry, count four; when very angry, swear
Good breeding consists in concealing how much we think of ourselves and how little we think of the other person
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On Anger: "For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
Essays
Essays
On Destiny: "Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature: it is our future that lays down the law of our today."
Human, All Too Human
Human, All Too Human
On Friendship: "A crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love."
Essays
Essays