When people do not respect us we are sharply offended; yet in his private heart no man much respects himself. Mark Twain
To string incongruities and absurdities together in a wandering and sometimes purposeless way, and seem innocently unaware that they are absurdities, is the basis of the American art, if my position is correct. Mark Twain
If it is a miracle any sort of evidence will answer. But if it is a fact, proof is necessary. Mark Twain
He had been drunk over in town, and laid in the gutter all night, and he was a sight to look at. A body would a thought he was Adam, he was just all mud. Mark Twain
Most people are bothered by those passages of Scripture they do not understand, but the passages that bother me are those I do understand. Mark Twain
