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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Pagina 39
... morals , one private and the other public . These two are so distinct , so unrelated , that they are no more akin to each other than are archangels and politicians . - " Private and Public Morals , " speech , 1906 The minister gave out ...
... morals , one private and the other public . These two are so distinct , so unrelated , that they are no more akin to each other than are archangels and politicians . - " Private and Public Morals , " speech , 1906 The minister gave out ...
Pagina 155
... Morals are of inestimable value , for every man is born crammed with sin microbes , and the only thing that can extirpate these sin microbes is morals . -Seventieth - birthday speech , 1905 Morals are an acquirement - like music , like ...
... Morals are of inestimable value , for every man is born crammed with sin microbes , and the only thing that can extirpate these sin microbes is morals . -Seventieth - birthday speech , 1905 Morals are an acquirement - like music , like ...
Pagina 231
... morals to good , good morals to bad ; it can destroy principles , it can recreate them ; it can debase angels to men and lift men to angelship . And it can do any of these miracles in a year - even in six months . - " As Regards ...
... morals to good , good morals to bad ; it can destroy principles , it can recreate them ; it can debase angels to men and lift men to angelship . And it can do any of these miracles in a year - even in six months . - " As Regards ...
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