Quotes from Mark Twain

had begun to put the mining on a scientific basis as early as I could.

My father was a blacksmith, my uncle was a horse doctor, and I was both, along at first. Then I went over to the great arms factory and learned my real trade; learned all there was to it; learned to make everything; guns, revolvers, cannon, boilers, engines, all sorts of labor-saving machinery.

It made him feel a little uncomfortable sometimes when he reflected that the good little boys always died. He loved to live, you know, and this was the most unpleasant feature about being a Sunday-school-book boy. He knew it was not healthy to be good.

I was educated once – it took me years to get over it.

Chacun de nous est une lune, avec une face cachée que personne ne voit.

what a dull-witted slug the average human being is.

The only person who likes change is a wet baby.

Isn't human nature the most consummate sham & lie that was ever invented?

Se pot da multe exemple de construcÅ£ii f?r? sens. Cea mai reuÅŸit? este construcÅ£ia unui gard de cimitir, cei care sunt în?untru oricum nu mai pot ieÅŸi, iar cei de afar? oricum nu vor s? intre

There are two kinds of speakers. Those who are nervous and those who are liars.

Había descubierto, sin darse cuenta, una de las leyes fundamentales de la conducta humana, a saber: que para hacer que alguien, hombre o muchacho, desee alguna cosa, sólo es necesario hacerla difícil de conseguir.

This is a strange place, and extraordinary place, and interesting. There is nothing resembling it at home. The people are all insane, the other animals are all insane, the earth is insane, Nature itself is insane.

El bibliotecario se mandó la parte corriendo de acá para allá cargado de libros, con todo el alboroto y el escándalo que les encanta a las autoridades insignificantes.

B?rak?n ac?mas?z hayat elinden geleni ard?na koymas?n; tek bildiÄŸim ÅŸudur ki... benim için de bir yerlerde bir mezar vard?r.

Pilgrims in better circumstances are often stricken down by the sun and the fevers of the country, and then their saving refuge is the Convent. Without these hospitable retreats, travel in Palestine would be a pleasure which none but the strongest men could dare to undertake. Our party, pilgrims and all, will always be ready and always willing, to touch glasses and drink health, prosperity and long life to the Convent Fathers of Palestine.

Life is short, break the rules, forgive quickly, kiss slowly, love truly, laugh uncontrollably, and never regret anything that made you smile.

Cuando se escriben novelas sobre adultos, uno sabe donde tiene que parar: esto es, en la boda. Pero cuando se escribe una novela sobre jóvenes, hay que parar donde mejor se pueda.

Nada devem saber a meu respeito a não ser que tenham lido «As Aventuras de Tom Sawyer». Não faz mal. O livro foi escrito pelo senhor Mark Twain, e ele contava quase sempre a verdade.

Do right and you will be conspicuous.

Here a captive heart busted.

They require that the author shall make the reader feel a deep interest in the personages of his tale and in their fate; and that he shall make the reader love the good people in the tale and hate the bad ones. But the reader of the Deerslayer tale dislikes the good people in it, is indifferent to the others, and wishes they would all get drowned together.

Mirar está al alcance de cualquier holgazán necesitado de un corte de pelo.

Siyaht?lar fakat Tanr? hiçbir çocuÄŸu annelerinin onlar? sevmeyeceÄŸi veya onlardan vazgeçeceÄŸi kadar siyah yapamaz, mümkün deÄŸil, dünyalar? verseler bir anne onlardan vazgeçmez.

Si supiésemos las cosas, jamás cometeríamos errores; pero sólo somos unos pobres animalitos mudos que tanteamos a nuestro alrededor y cometemos toda clase de errores.