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.
Weitere Zitate von Mark Twain
Zum Autor"Under certain circumstances, profanity provides a relief denied even to prayer.']."
"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."
"I wish I could make him understand that a loving good heart is riches enough, and that without it intellect is poverty."
"But that is the way we are made: we don't reason, where we feel; we just feel."
"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."
"The best of all lost arts is honesty."