Patriotism is supporting your country all the time and your government when it deserves it.
Weitere Zitate von Mark Twain
Zum Autor"I conceive that the right way to write a story for boys is to write so that it will not only interest boys but strongly interest any man who has ever been a boy. That immensely enlarges the audience."
"You can find in a text whatever you bring, if you will stand between it and the mirror of your imagination. You may not see your ears, but they will be there."
"From his cradle to the grave a man never does a single thing which has any first and foremost object save one-to secure peace of mind spiritual comfort for himself."
"A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes."
"Facts are stubborn things, but statistics are pliable."
"Ah, heavens and earth, friend, if you had made the acquiring of ignorance the study of your life, you could not have graduated with higher honor that you could to-day."