Always acknowledge a fault. This will throw those in authority off their guard and give you an opportunity to commit more.
MARK TWAINMy books are water; those of the great geniuses is wine. Everybody drinks water.
More Mark Twain Quotes
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I’ve lived through some terrible things in my life, some of which actually happened.
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What is Man? Man is a noisome bacillus whom Our Heavenly Father created because he was disappointed in the monkey.
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The worst loneliness is to not be comfortable with yourself.
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A banker is a fellow who lends you his umbrella when the sun is shining, but wants it back the minute it begins to rain.
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Never put off till tomorrow what may be done day after tomorrow just as well.
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If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous he will not bite you. This is the principal difference between a dog and man.
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A successful book is not made of what is in it, but what is left out of it.
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Never argue with a fool, onlookers may not be able to tell the difference.
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When you fish for love, bait with your heart, not your brain.
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I didn’t have time to write a short letter, so I wrote a long one instead.
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Education: the path from cocky ignorance to miserable uncertainty.
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In the first place God made idiots. This was for practice. Then he made school boards.
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I did not attend his funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it.
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The man who does not read has no advantage over the man who cannot read.
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Anger is an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stored than to anything on which it is poured.
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