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Letter "M" » Mark Twain Quotes
«I admire the serene assurance of those who have religious faith. It is wonderful to observe the calm confidence of a Christian with four aces.»
Author: Mark Twain
(Humorist, Lecturer, Writer)
| Keywords:
ace, aces, admire, assurance, assurances, calm, Christian faith, Four Aces, observe, serene
«There are no grades of vanity, there are only grades of ability in concealing it»
«Often, the less there is to justify a traditional custom, the harder it is to get rid of it.»
Author: Mark Twain
(Humorist, Lecturer, Writer)
| About:
justification,
Logic,
Traditions
| Keywords:
custom, get rid of, harder, justify, justifying, less, rid, ridding, rids, rid of, Rid of Me, The Less, to get, traditional
«Probably there is nothing in the world so suggestive of serene contentment and perfect bliss as the spectacle of a calf chewing a dishrag, but the nearest approach to it is your reedy tenor, standing apart, in sickly attitude, with head thrown back a»
Author: Mark Twain
(Humorist, Lecturer, Writer)
| Keywords:
calf, chewing, contentment, dishrag, reedy, serene, sickly, spectacle, suggestive, suggestive of, tenor, Tenors
«This is the day upon which we are reminded of what we are on the other three hundred and sixty-four.»
Author: Mark Twain
(Humorist, Lecturer, Writer)
| Keywords:
Hundred Days, reminded, sixty-four, sixty, three hundred, Three hundred and sixty
«True irreverence is disrespect for another man's god»
Author: Mark Twain
(Humorist, Lecturer, Writer)
| About:
Irreverence
| Keywords:
disrespect, disrespected, irreverence
«I notice that you use plain, simple language, short words and brief sentences. That is the way to write English - it is the modern way and the best way. Stick to it; don't let fluff and flowers and verbosity creep in. When you catch an adjective, kill it. No, I don't mean utterly, but kill most of them - then the rest will be valuable. They weaken when they are close together. They give strength when they are wide apart. An adjective habit, or a wordy, diffuse, flowery habit, once fastened upon a person, is as hard to get»
Author: Mark Twain
(Humorist, Lecturer, Writer)
| Keywords:
adjective, adjectives, close together, creep, creep in, diffuse, diffused, diffuses, diffusing, fastened, flowery, fluff, fluffed, Modern English, plain language, Plain Words, sentences, Short words, simple language, stick to, stick together, verbosity, weaken, wordy
«Last week I stated that this woman was the ugliest woman I had ever seen. I have since been visited by her sister and now wish to withdraw that statement.»
«Golf is a good walk spoiled.»
«The calamity that comes is never the one we had prepared ourselves for»
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