Quotes by Twain, Mark

Man is the only creature who has a nasty mind. >>

If He Tom Sawyer had been a great and wise philosopher, like the write >>

Most writers regard the truth as their most valuable possession, and t >>

Quotations about Intelligence and Intellectuals

Intelligence is not to make no mistakes, But quickly to see how to mak >>

There can be no two opinions as to what a highbrow is. He is the man o >>

The intellectual tradition is one of servility to power, and if I didn >>

The fact that man knows right from wrong proves his intellectual superiority to the other creatures; but the fact that he can do wrong proves his moral inferiority to any creatures that cannot.

Twain, Mark