“It used to be a good hotel, but that proves nothing—I used to be a good boy.” — Mark Twain, The Innocents Abroad
Tag: Mark Twain
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“There are no people who are quite so vulgar as the over-refined ones.” — Mark Twain, “Pudd’nhead Wilson’s New Calendar,” More Tramps Abroad
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“There are people who think that honesty is always the best policy. This is a superstition; there are times when the appearance of it is worth six of it.” — Mark Twain, Following the Equator
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“It is my belief that nearly any invented quotation, played with confidence, stands a good chance to deceive.” — Mark Twain, Following the Equator
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“Don’t part with your illusions. When they are gone you may still exist but you have ceased to live.” — Mark Twain, Following the Equator
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“Man will do many things to get himself loved, he will do all things to get himself envied.” — Mark Twain, Following the Equator
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“Truth is stranger than fiction, but it is because fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities, truth isn’t.” — Mark Twain, Following the Equator
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“How easy it is to make people believe a lie, and how hard it is to undo that work again!” — Mark Twain, Autobiography of Mark Twain, Volume 2
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“April 1: This is the day upon which we are reminded of what we are on the other three hundred and sixty-four.” — Mark Twain, Pudd’nhead Wilson’s Calendar For 1894
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“When angry, count four; when very angry, swear.” — Mark Twain, The Tragedy of Pudd’nhead Wilson