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«It is easy to find fault, if one has that disposition. There was once a man who, not being able to find any other fault with his coal, complained that there were too many prehistoric toads in it.»
Author: Mark Twain
(Humorist, Lecturer, Writer)
| Keywords:
coal, complained, disposition, find fault, prehistoric, toads
«War talk by men who have been in a war is always interesting; whereas moon talk by a poet who has not been in the moon is likely to be dull»
«Work is a necessary evil to be avoided.»
«You can't reason with the heart; it has its own laws, and thumps about things which the intellect scorns.»
«I wonder how much it would take to buy a soap bubble, if there were only one in the world.»
«Wagner's music is better than it sounds.»
«It could probably be shown by facts and figures that there is no distinctly American criminal class except Congress.»
Author: Mark Twain
(Humorist, Lecturer, Writer)
| About:
America and Americans
| Keywords:
American, class, congress, Congress of, criminal, distinctly, facts, figures, no show, shown, The Criminals
«There is no unhappiness like the misery of sighting land (and work) again after a cheerful, careless voyage»
«Heroine: girl who is perfectly charming to live with, in a book.»
«The holy passion of Friendship is of so sweet and steady and loyal and enduring a nature that it will last through a whole life - time, if not asked to lend money»
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