Mark Twain Trail Quote of the Day – Wednesday – July 21, 2021
“Consider well the proportion of things. It is better to be a young June-bug than an old bird of paradise.” Mark Twain, Pudd’nhead Wilson, 1894
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“Consider well the proportion of things. It is better to be a young June-bug than an old bird of paradise.” Mark Twain, Pudd’nhead Wilson, 1894
“It is easier to stay out than get out.” Mark Twain, Following the Equator, 1897
“Human nature cannot be studied in cities except at a disadvantage–a village is the place. There you can know your man inside and out–in a city you but know his crust; and his crust is usually a lie.” Mark Twain
“Plain question and plain answer make the shortest road out of most perplexities.” Mark Twain, Life on the Mississippi, 1883
“…being a stranger, he was of course regarded as an inferior person–for that has been human nature from Adam down–and of course, also, he was made to feel unwelcome, for this is the ancient law with man and other animals.” Mark Twain, A Scrap of Curious History, 1906
“Supposing is good, but finding out is better.” Mark Twain
Figures often beguile me, particularly when I have the arranging of them myself; in which case the remark attributed to Disraeli would often apply with justice and force: “There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies and statistics.” Mark Twain
“Necessity is the mother of taking chances.” Mark Twain, Roughing It, 1872
“The most useful and interesting letters we get here from home are from children seven or eight years old…They write simply and naturally and without straining for effect. They tell all they know, and stop.” Mark Twain
“The proverb says, “Born lucky, always lucky,” and I am very superstitious. As a small boy I was notoriously lucky. It was usual for one or two of our lads (per annum) to get drowned in the Mississippi or in Bear Creek, but I was pulled out in a 2/3 drowned condition 9 times before I learned to swim, and was considered to be a cat in disguise.” Mark Twain, Letter to Henry H. Rogers, 2 January 1895