Principles have no real force except when one is well fed.
Tag: Mark Twain
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It is curious that physical courage should be so common in the world and moral courage so rare.
A classic is something that everybody wants to have read and nobody wants to read.
Part of the secret of success in life is to eat what you like and let the food fight it out inside.
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.
Time cools, time clarifies; no mood can be maintained quite unaltered through the course of hours.
Good breeding consists of concealing how much we think of ourselves and how little we think of the other person.
Familiarity breeds contempt – and children.