Quotes by Twain, Mark

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

Reader, suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Co >>

I repeat, sir, that in whatever position you place a woman she is an o >>

Quotations about Books - Reading

To learn to read is to light a fire; every syllable that is spelled ou >>

There are books so alive that you're always afraid that while you were >>

Books are lighthouses erected in the great sea of time. >>

A big leather-bound volume makes an ideal razor strap. A thin book is useful to stick under a table with a broken caster to steady it. A large, flat atlas can be used to cover a window with a broken pane. And a thick, old-fashioned heavy book with a clasp is the finest thing in the world to throw at a noisy cat.

Twain, Mark