Mark Twain Trail Quote of the Day – Tuesday – November 30, 2021
“Never regret anything that made you smile.” A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court, 1889
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“Never regret anything that made you smile.” A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court, 1889
“Words are only painted fire, a look is the fire itself. She gave that look, and carried it away to the treasury of heaven, where all things that are divine belong.” A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court, 1889
“You can’t reason with your heart; it has its own laws, and thumps about things which the intellect scorns.” A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court, 1889
“You’ve got to admire men that deal in ideas of that size and can tote them around without crutches.” Mark Twain, Life on the Mississippi, 1883
“Change is the handmaiden Nature requires to do her miracles with.” Mark Twain
“Supposing is good, but finding out is better.” Mark Twain
“…drag your thoughts away from your troubles–by the ears, by the heels, or any other way, so you can manage it; it’s the healthiest thing a body can do.” Mark Twain
“It is hard to make railroading pleasant in any country. It is too tedious. Stage-coaching is infinitely more delightful.” Mark Twain, The Innocents Abroad, 1869
“All modern American literature comes from one book by Mark Twain called Huckleberry Finn. American writing comes from that. There is nothing before. There has been nothing as good since.” Ernest Hemingway, Green Hills of Africa, 1935
“Learning softeneth the heart and breedeth gentleness and charity.” Mark Twain