Coaches Hot Seat Quotes of the Day – Saturday, July 14, 2012 – Mark Twain
Coaches Hot Seat Quotes of the Day – Saturday, July 14, 2012 – Mark Twain
“I haven’t a particle of confidence in a man who has no redeeming petty vices whatsoever.”
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‘Reader, suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress. But I repeat myself.”
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“The difference between the almost right word and the right word is really a large matter—’tis the difference between the lightning-bug and the lightning.”
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“Humor is the great thing, the saving thing. The minute it crops up, all our hardnesses yield, all our irritations and resentments flit away and a sunny spirit takes their place.”
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“I was sorry to have my name mentioned as one of the great authors, because they have a sad habit of dying off. Chaucer is dead, Spencer is dead, so is Milton, so is Shakespeare, and I’m not feeling so well myself.”
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“Always do right. This will gratify some people, and astonish the rest.”
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“The only reason why God created man is because he was disappointed with the monkey.”
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“Thunder is good, thunder is impressive; but it is lightning that does the work.”
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“Always acknowledge a fault frankly. This will throw those in authority off their guard and give you opportunity to commit more.”
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“Thousands of geniuses live and die undiscovered — either by themselves or by others. But for the Civil War, Lincoln and Grant and Sherman and Sheridan would not have been discovered, nor have risen into notice. … I have touched upon this matter in a small book which I wrote a generation ago and which I have not published as yet — Captain Stormfield’s Visit to Heaven. When Stormfield arrived in heaven he … was told that … a shoemaker … was the most prodigious military genius the planet had ever produced.”
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“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts.” The Innocents Abroad, 1869
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“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, 1876
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“Work consists of whatever a body is OBLIGED to do, and…Play consists of whatever a body is not obliged to do.” The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, 1876
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“France has neither winter nor summer nor morals. Apart from these drawbacks it is a fine country.”
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“Familiarity breeds contempt — and children.”
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“In the beginning of a change, the patriot is a scarce man, and brave, and hated and scorned. When his cause succeeds, the timid join him, for then it costs nothing to be a patriot”
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“Never let your schooling interfere with your education.”
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“Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it.”
Wikipedia: Mark Twain
