Mark Twain Trail Quote of the Day – Saturday – March 4, 2023
“Your country and mine is an interesting one, but there is nothing there that is half so interesting as the human mind.” Letters from the World, Mark Twain
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“Your country and mine is an interesting one, but there is nothing there that is half so interesting as the human mind.” Letters from the World, Mark Twain
“They said they would rather be outlaws a year in Sherwood Forest than President of the United States forever.” The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Mark Twain
“Work consists of whatever a body is obliged to do, and. Play consists of whatever a body is not obliged to do.” Mark Twain
“He had discovered a great law of human action, without knowing it — namely, that in order to make a man or a boy covet a thing, it is only necessary to make the thing difficult to obtain.” The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Mark Twain
“I have found out that there ain’t no surer way to find out whether you like people or hate them than to travel with them.” Tom Sawyer Abroad, Mark Twain
“Right is right, and wrong is wrong, and a body ain’t got no business doing wrong when he ain’t ignorant and knows better.” The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Mark Twain
“Substitute ‘damn’ every time you’re inclined to write ‘very’; your editor will delete it and the writing will be just as it should be.” Mark Twain
“You can’t depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus.” Mark Twain
“It were not best that we should all think alike; it is difference of opinion that makes horse races.” Mark Twain
“Do not tell fish stories where the people know you; but particularly, don’t tell them where they know the fish.” Mark Twain