Mark Twain Trail Quote of the Day – Wednesday – May 19, 2021
“It is from experiences such as mine that we get our education of life. We string them into jewels or into tinware, as we may choose.” Mark Twain
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“It is from experiences such as mine that we get our education of life. We string them into jewels or into tinware, as we may choose.” Mark Twain
“What is the most rigorous law of our being? Growth.” Mark Twain
“It is in the heart that the values lie. I wish I could make him understand that a loving heart is riches, and riches enough, and that without it intellect is poverty.” Mark Twain, Eve’s Diary, 1905
“Now you begin to see, don’t you, that distance ain’t the thing to judge by, at all; it’s the time it takes to go the distance in that counts….It’s a matter of proportion, that’s what it is; and when you come to gauge a thing’s speed by its size, where’s your bird and your man and your railroad alongside of a flea?….A flea is just a comet, b’iled down small.” Mark Twain, Tom Sawyer Abroad, 1894
“…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
“The weakest of all weak things is a virtue that has not been tested in the fire.” Mark Twain
“Supposing is good, but finding out is better.” Mark Twain
“Plain question and plain answer make the shortest road out of most perplexities.” Mark Twain, Life on the Mississippi, 1883
“Do right for your own sake and be happy in knowing that your neighbor will certainly share in the benefits resulting.” Mark Twain, What Is Man?, 1906
“The radical of one century is the conservative of the next. The radical invents the views. When he has worn them out, the conservative adopts them.” Mark Twain