Quotes by Twain, Mark

When I was fourteen, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to >>

In the first place God made idiots. This was for practice. Then he mad >>

Man is the only animal that blushes -- or needs to. >>

Quotations about Principles

Amid the pressure of great events, a general principle gives no help. >>

To abandon oneself to principles is really to die -- and to die for an >>

The principles which men give to themselves end by overwhelming their >>

I find that principles have no real force except when one is well fed.

Twain, Mark