Mark Twain Trail Quote of the Day – Wednesday – July 28, 2021
“All emotion is involuntary when genuine.” Mark Twain
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“All emotion is involuntary when genuine.” Mark Twain
“The most permanent lessons in morals are those which come, not of booky teaching, but of experience.” Mark Twain, A Tramp Abroad, 1880
“When I’m playful I use the meridians of longitude and parallels of latitude for a seine, and drag the Atlantic Ocean for whales. I scratch my head with the lightning and purr myself to sleep with the thunder.” Mark Twain, Life on the Mississippi, 1883
“Rise early. It is the early bird that catches the worm. Don’t be fooled by this absurd saw; I once knew a man who tried it. He got up at sunrise and a horse bit him.” Mark Twain
“I haven’t a particle of confidence in a man who has no redeeming petty vices.” Mark Twain
“How unfortunate and how narrowing a thing it is for a man to have wealth who makes a god of it instead of a servant.” Mark Twain
“One of the very advantages of youth — you don’t own any stock in anything. You have a good time, and all the grief and trouble is with the other fellows.” Mark Twain
“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