Mark Twain Trail Quote of the Day – Thursday – August 12, 2021
“Apparently there is nothing that cannot happen.” Mark Twain
"To Wander, To Learn, To Dream, To Build"
“Apparently there is nothing that cannot happen.” Mark Twain
“Riding aloft on a mountain of fragrant hay. This is the earliest form of the human pleasure excursion, and for utter joy and perfect contentment it stands alone in a man’s threescore years and ten; all that come after it have flaws, but this has none.” Mark Twain
“…among human beings jealousy ranks distinctly as a weakness; a trademark of small minds; a property of all small minds, yet a property which even the smallest is ashamed of; and when accused of its possession will lyingly deny it and resent the accusation as an insult.” Mark Twain
“Do something every day 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 not tell fish stories where the people know you; but particularly, don’t tell them where they know the fish.” Mark Twain
“It is curious–curious that physical courage should be so common in the world, and moral courage so rare.” Mark Twain
“Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence in society.” Mark Twain
“Hunger is the handmaid of genius.” Mark Twain, Following the Equator, 1897
“What is the most rigorous law of our being? Growth.” Mark Twain
“There’s a good spot tucked away somewhere in everybody. You’ll be a long time finding it, sometimes.” Mark Twain