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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... mind . They have entered it modest . They had to acquire im- modesty and the soiled mind ; there was no other way to get it . -Satan , in DeVoto , Letters from the Earth , 1962 , Letter 3 After all these years , I see that I was ...
... mind . They have entered it modest . They had to acquire im- modesty and the soiled mind ; there was no other way to get it . -Satan , in DeVoto , Letters from the Earth , 1962 , Letter 3 After all these years , I see that I was ...
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... mind sits down ! " " Eddie , " said Twain , " it may help you if you keep one thing in mind — just remember they don't expect much . " Bowes remembered those words and was never self - conscious about speaking in public again ...
... mind sits down ! " " Eddie , " said Twain , " it may help you if you keep one thing in mind — just remember they don't expect much . " Bowes remembered those words and was never self - conscious about speaking in public again ...
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... mind in our world has been trained up from childhood in a superstition of any kind , it will never be possible for that mind , in its maturity , to examine sincerely , dis- passionately , and conscientiously any evidence or any circum ...
... mind in our world has been trained up from childhood in a superstition of any kind , it will never be possible for that mind , in its maturity , to examine sincerely , dis- passionately , and conscientiously any evidence or any circum ...
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