Mark Twain Trail Quote of the Day – Wednesday – March 2, 2022
“When angry count four; when very angry, swear.” Mark Twain, Pudd’nhead Wilson’s Calendar, 1894
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“When angry count four; when very angry, swear.” Mark Twain, Pudd’nhead Wilson’s Calendar, 1894
“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
“It is a blessed thing to have an imagination that can always make you satisfied, no matter how you are fixed.” Mark Twain
“As for me, give me comfort first, and style afterwards.” Mark Twain, A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court, 1889
“The proper office of a friend is to side with you when you are in the wrong. Nearly anybody will side with you when you are in the right.” Mark Twain
“…being rich ain’t what it’s cracked up to be. It’s just worry and worry, and sweat and sweat, and a-wishing you was dead all the time.” Mark Twain, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, 1876
“I asked Tom if countries always apologized when they had done wrong, and he says–“Yes; the little ones does.” Mark Twain, Tom Sawyer Abroad, 1894
“It liberates the vandal to travel–you never saw a bigoted, opinionated, stubborn, narrow-minded, self-conceited, almighty mean man in your life but he had stuck in one place since he was born and thought God made the world and dyspepsia and bile for his especial comfort and satisfaction.” Mark Twain
“To believe yourself brave is to be brave; it is the one only essential thing.” Mark Twain
“Nothing so needs reforming as other people’s habits.” Mark Twain