Mark Twain Trail Quote of the Day – Sunday – January 9, 2022
“To believe yourself brave is to be brave; it is the one only essential thing.” Joan of Arc, 1896
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“To believe yourself brave is to be brave; it is the one only essential thing.” Joan of Arc, 1896
“It ain’t what you don’t know that gets you into trouble. It’s what you know for sure that just ain’t so.”
“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
“New Orleans food is as delicious as the less criminal forms of sin.”
“High and fine literature is wine, and mine is only water; but everybody likes water.” Mark Twain
“Education: that which reveals to the wise, and conceals from the stupid, the vast limits of their knowledge.” Mark Twain
“I wish I could make him understand that a loving good heart is riches enough, and that without it intellect is poverty.” Mark Twain, The Diaries of Adam and Eve, 1906
“I do not wish any reward but to know I have done the right thing.” Mark Twain, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, 1884
“The secret of getting ahead is getting started. The secret of getting started is breaking your complex overwhelming tasks into small manageable tasks, and starting on the first one.” Mark Twain
“Humor is mankind’s greatest blessing.” Mark Twain