I was born modest. Not all over, but in spots.
Tag: Mark Twain
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A human being has a natural desire to have more of a good thing than he needs.
I cannot call to mind a single instance where I have ever been irreverent, except toward the things which were sacred to other people.
Laws are sand, customs are rock. Laws can be evaded and punishment escaped but an openly transgressed custom brings sure punishment.
The universal brotherhood of man is our most precious possession, what there is of it.
The radical of one century is the conservative of the next. The radical invents the views. When he has worn them out the conservative adopts them.
I can live two months on a good compliment.
A patriot is mocked, scorned and hated; yet when his cause succeeds, all men will join him, for then it costs nothing to be a patriot.