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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... believe as we do , we say he is a crank , and that settles it . I mean , it does nowadays , because now we can't burn him . -Following the Equator , 1897 , vol . 2 , ch . 17 The easy confidence with which I know another man's religion ...
... believe as we do , we say he is a crank , and that settles it . I mean , it does nowadays , because now we can't burn him . -Following the Equator , 1897 , vol . 2 , ch . 17 The easy confidence with which I know another man's religion ...
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... believe in the conventional Christian heaven , the last resort of the good . When he heard preachers talk about it , he felt like Huckleberry Finn listening to Miss Watson : " She went on and told me all about the good place . She said ...
... believe in the conventional Christian heaven , the last resort of the good . When he heard preachers talk about it , he felt like Huckleberry Finn listening to Miss Watson : " She went on and told me all about the good place . She said ...
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... to be more and more trying . Monday . I believe I see what the week is for ; it is to give time to rest up from the weariness of Sunday . -Adam , in “ Adam's Diary , " story , 1893 SUNSET One must stand on his head to get the 223.
... to be more and more trying . Monday . I believe I see what the week is for ; it is to give time to rest up from the weariness of Sunday . -Adam , in “ Adam's Diary , " story , 1893 SUNSET One must stand on his head to get the 223.
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