Mark Twain on humour
“There are many humorous things in the world; among them, the white man’s notion that he is less savage than the other savages.”
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Let us live so that when we come to die even the undertaker will be sorry.
Mark TwainMark Twain Name the greatest of all inventors. Accident.
Mark TwainMark Twain The human race has only one really effective weapon and that is laughter.
Mark TwainMark Twain The human race has only one really effective weapon and that is laughter.
Mark TwainMark Twain The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why.
Mark TwainMark Twain The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.
Mark TwainMark Twain Action speaks louder than words but not nearly as often.
Mark TwainMark Twain Out of all the things I have lost, I miss my mind the most.
Mark TwainMark Twain Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.
Mark TwainMark Twain When we remember we are all mad, the mysteries disappear and life stands explained.
Mark TwainMark Twain Get your facts first, and then you can distort them as much as you please.
Mark TwainMark Twain It is curious that physical courage should be so common in the world and moral courage so rare.
Mark TwainMark Twain Always acknowledge a fault. This will throw those in authority off their guard and give you an opportunity to commit more.
Mark TwainMark Twain It is curious that physical courage should be so common in the world and moral courage so rare.
Mark TwainMark Twain Always acknowledge a fault. This will throw those in authority off their guard and give you an opportunity to commit more.
Mark TwainMark Twain All right, then, I’ll go to hell.
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M.K. StandbyM.K. Standby I found him in all the chaos, and that was when my world started making sense again.
MoomerMoomer The judgement that people cast on you for how you do or do not appear is nothing more than just a projection of their own wounds.
Taj AroraTaj Arora Be grateful for what you have now, even if it’s not everything you wanted.
Sonia SabnisSonia Sabnis It seems strange how we look in the same mirror, yet what stares back, is so painfully different.
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More on humour
My only regret in life is that I did not drink more wine.
Ernest HemingwayErnest Hemingway Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life and you will call it fate.
Carl JungCarl Jung Never wrestle with pigs. You both get dirty and the pig likes it.
George Bernard ShawGeorge Bernard Shaw Don’t interrupt me while I’m interrupting.
Winston ChurchillWinston Churchill My way of joking is to tell the truth. It’s the funniest joke in the world.
George Bernard ShawGeorge Bernard Shaw Someone once said that every man is trying to live up to his father’s expectations or make up for their father’s mistakes.
Barack ObamaBarack Obama If a black cat crosses your path, it signifies that the animal is going somewhere.
Groucho MarxGroucho Marx Eat a live frog first thing in the morning and nothing worse will happen to you the rest of the day.
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