Zitate von Mark Twain
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Mit Philosophen muß man sprechen, wenn sie Zahnschmerzen haben.
Informationen über Mark Twain
Schriftsteller, "Die Abenteuer Tom Sawyers", "Abenteuer und Fahrten des Huckleberry Finn", "A Tramp Abroad", "Bummel durch Deutschland" (USA, 1835 - 1910).
Mark Twain · Geburtsdatum · Sterbedatum
Mark Twain wäre heute 188 Jahre, 9 Monate, 22 Tage oder 68.962 Tage alt.
Geboren am 30.11.1835 in Florida/Missouri
Gestorben am 21.04.1910 in Redding/Connecticut
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Weitere 515 Zitate von Mark Twain
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No real gentleman will tell the naked truth in the presence of ladies.
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Noise proves nothing. Often a hen who has merley laid an egg cackles as if she had laid an asteroid.
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Of all God's creatures there is only one that cannot be made the slave of the lash. That one is the cat. If man could be crossed with the cat, it would improve man, but it would deteriorate the cat.
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Of the delights of this world man cares most for sexual intercourse, yet he has left it out of his heaven.
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Praise is well, compliment is well, but affection - that is the last and most precious reward that any man can win, whether by character or achievement.
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Prosperity is the surest breeder of insolence I know.
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Put all your eggs in one basket - and watch that basket!
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Slang in a woman's mouth is not obscene, it only sounds so.
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Soap and education are not as sudden as a massacre, but they are more deadly in the long run.
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Some people think humour is the delusion of being less crazy than the rest.
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Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress. But I repeat myself.
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Temper is what gets most of us into trouble. Pride is what keeps us there.
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Temptations are like tramps: Treat them in a friendly way and they will come again bringing others with them.
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The blunting effects of slavery upon the slaveholder's moral perceptions are known and conceded the world over; and a privileged class, an aristocracy, is but a band of slaveholders under another name.
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The difference between the almost right word and the right word is really a large matter-'tis the difference between the lightning bug and the lightning.
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The first half of life consists of the capacity to enjoy without the chance; the last half consists of the chance without the capacity.
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The holy passion of Friendship is of so sweet and steady and loyal and enduring a nature that it will last through a whole lifetime, if not asked to lend money.
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The human race has only one really effective weapon and that is laughter.
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The ink used to write history is usually liquid prejudice.
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The law of work does seem utterly unfair - but there it is, and nothing can change it; the higher the pay in enjoyment the worker gets out of it, the higher shall be his pay in money also.