Creative Quotations from . . .
Mark Twain
(1835-1910) born on Nov 30
US "novelist, journalist, river pilot". "The "Great American humorist" was also known as "The People's Author" and creator of Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn."
 
   
F
When the doctrine of allegiance to party can utterly up-end a man's moral constitution and make a temporary fool of him besides, what excuse are you going to offer for preaching it, teaching it, extending it, perpetuating it?"

R
"When we remember that we are all mad, the mysteries disappear and life stands explained."
A
When you cannot get a compliment in any other way pay yourself one.
N
"When angry, count four; when very angry, swear."
K
"When you ascend the hill of prosperity, may you not meet a friend."


Published Sources for the above Quotations:
F: ""Consistency," paper, read at Hartford, Connecticut in 1884; published 1923; repr. in "Complete Essays," ed. Charles Neider, 1963."
R: Notebook Entry.
A: "In <a href="http://www.cyber-nation.com/cgi-bin/victory/quotations/qlreferral/quotelib.pl?id=10115">The Ultimate Success Quotations Library</a>, 1997."
N: "Pudd'nhead Wilson, ch. 10, "Pudd'nhead Wilson's Calendar," 1894."
K:



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