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I don't have a day job, so I read any time of day.

We may not pay Satan reverence, for that would be indiscreet, but we can at least respect his talents.

It could probably be shown by facts and figures that there is no distinctly native American criminal class except Congress.

Hain't we got all the fools in town on our side? And hain't that a big enough majority in any town?

One of the most striking differences between a cat and a lie is that a cat has only nine lives.

whenever the literary german dives into a sentence, this is the last you are going to see of him till he emerges on the other side of his atlantic with his verb in his mouth.

The coldest winter I ever spent was a summer in San Francisco

The rule is perfect: in all matters of opinion our adversaries are insane.

Only one thing is impossible for God: To find any sense in any copyright law on the planet.

As to the adjective: when in doubt, strike it out.

A discriminating irreverence is the creator and protector of human liberty.

I haven't a particle of confidence in a man who has no redeeming petty vices whatsoever.

Sufficient unto the day is one baby. As long as you are in your right mind don't you ever pray for twins. Twins amount to a permanent riot; and there ain't any real difference between triplets and a insurrection. - The Babies speech 1879

Conformity—the natural instinct to passively yield to that vague something recognized as authority.

You have heretofore found out, by my teachings, that man is a fool; you are now aware that woman is a damned fool.

Martyrdom covers a multitude of sins.

Being made merely in the image of God but not otherwise resembling him enough to be mistaken by anybody but a very near sighted person.

This nation is like all the others that have been spewed upon the earth--ready to shout for any cause that will tickle its vanity or fill its pocket. What a hell of a heaven it will be when they get all these hypocrites assembled there! - Letter to J. H. Twichell, 1/29/1901

And when he awoke in the morning and looked upon the wretchedness about him, his dream had had its usual effect: it had intensified the sordidness of his surroundings a thousandfold.

Barring that natural expression of villainy which we all have, the man looked honest enough.

A historian who would convey the truth must lie. Often he must enlarge the truth by diameters, otherwise his reader would not be able to see it.

A solemn, unsmiling, sanctimonious old iceberg who looked like he was waiting for a vacancy in the Trinity.

Man is the reasoning animal. Such is the claim.

Man is the only animal that loves his neighbor as himself and cuts his throat if his theology isn't straight