Mark Twain Trail Quote of the Day – Monday – March 7, 2022
“When we remember we are all mad, the mysteries disappear and life stands explained.” Mark Twain
"To Wander, To Learn, To Dream, To Build"
“When we remember we are all mad, the mysteries disappear and life stands explained.” Mark Twain
“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
“Reader, suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress. But I repeat myself.” Mark Twain
“Such is the human race, often it seems a pity that Noah… didn’t miss the boat.” Mark Twain
“I must have a prodigious quantity of mind; it takes me as much as a week sometimes to make it up.” Mark Twain
“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