Mark Twain Trail Quote of the Day – Saturday – February 5, 2022
“Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.” Mark Twain
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“Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.” Mark Twain
“It’s better to be an optimist who is sometimes wrong than a pessimist who is almost always right.”
“When all else fails, write what your heart tells you. You can’t depend on your eyes, when your imagination is out of focus.”
“The country is the real thing, the substantial thing, the eternal thing; it is the thing to watch over, and care for, and be loyal to; institutions are extraneous, they are its mere clothing, and clothing can wear out, become ragged, cease to be comfortable, cease to protect the body from winter, disease, and death. To be loyal to rags, to shout for rags, to die for rags–that is a loyalty of unreason, it is pure animal; it belongs to monarchy, was invented by monarchy; let monarchy keep it.” A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court, 1889
“The timid man yearns for full value and asks for a tenth. The bold man strikes for double value and compromises on par.” Mark Twain
“Truth is the most valuable thing we have. Let us economize it.” Mark Twain
“I reckon I got to light out for the Territory ahead of the rest, because Aunt Sally she’s going to adopt me and sivilize me, and I can’t stand it. I been there before.”
“Work consists of whatever a body is obliged to do. Play consists of whatever a body is not obliged to do.”
“We recognize that there are no trivial occurrences in life if we get the right focus on them.” Mark Twain
“A good lawyer knows the law; a clever one takes the judge to lunch.”