The Wit & Wisdom of Mark TwainHarper & Row, 1987 - 265 pagina's This sparkling anthology of Mark Twain's most trenchant remarks has been culled from his books, speeches, letters and conversations recorded by contemporaries. The sayings are as fresh today as when he first wrote them and represent Twain at his wittiest and best. |
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... Notebook , 1902 Always do right . This will gratify some people , and astonish the rest . -Card sent to Young People's Society , Greenpoint Presbyterian Church , Brooklyn , 1901 Always acknowledge a fault frankly . This will throw those ...
... Notebook , 1902 Always do right . This will gratify some people , and astonish the rest . -Card sent to Young People's Society , Greenpoint Presbyterian Church , Brooklyn , 1901 Always acknowledge a fault frankly . This will throw those ...
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... Notebook , 1902 When a merely honest man appears he is a comet - his fame is eternal - needs no genius , no talent - mere honesty - Luther , Christ , etc. -Notebook , 1885 Yes , even I am dishonest . Not in many ways , but in some ...
... Notebook , 1902 When a merely honest man appears he is a comet - his fame is eternal - needs no genius , no talent - mere honesty - Luther , Christ , etc. -Notebook , 1885 Yes , even I am dishonest . Not in many ways , but in some ...
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... Notebook , 1897 Each race determines for itself what indecencies are . Nature knows no indecencies ; man invents them . -Notebook , 1896 INDECISION I must have a prodigious quantity of mind ; it takes me as much as a week sometimes to ...
... Notebook , 1897 Each race determines for itself what indecencies are . Nature knows no indecencies ; man invents them . -Notebook , 1896 INDECISION I must have a prodigious quantity of mind ; it takes me as much as a week sometimes to ...
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