The man who is a pessimist before forty-eight knows too much; if he is an optimist after it he knows too little.
Mark Twain Quotes
Everyone is a moon, and has a dark side which he never shows to anybody.
Perseverance is a principle that should be commendable in those who have judgment to govern it.
By his father he is English, by his mother he is American – to my mind the blend which makes the perfect man.
Always do right! This will gratify some people and astonish the rest.
People are different. And it is the best way.
None of us can have as many virtues as the fountain-pen, or half its cussedness; but we can try.
An inglorious peace is better than a dishonorable war.
The Gospel of the Monarchical Patriotism is: “The King can do no wrong.” We have adopted it with all its servility, with an unimportant change in the wording: “Our Country, right or wrong!”
We have thrown away the most valuable asset we have – the individual right to oppose both flag and country when he (just he by himself) believes them to be in the wrong. We have thrown it all away: and with it, all that was really respectable about that grotesque and laughable word, Patriotism.
