A hundred years from now it is very likely that [of Twain's works] "The Jumping Frog" alone will be remembered.

Every day people are straying away from the church and going back to God.

Civilization is the limitless multiplication of unnecessary necessities.

You probably wouldn't worry about what people think of you if you could know how seldom they do.

Young men think old men are fools; but old men know young men are fools.

I respect faith, but doubt is what gives you an education.

Imagination is the one weapon in the war against reality.

Ah, but a man's grasp should exceed his reach, Or what's a heaven for ?

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I place economy among the first and most important virtues, and public debt as the greatest of dangers to be feared. To preserve our independence, we must not let our rulers load us with perpetual debt. If we run into such debts, we must be taxed i

Nothing in life is so exhilarating as to be shot at without result.

Whatever you do will be insignificant, but it is very important that you do it.

"Well," Brahma said, "even after ten thousand explanations, a fool is no wiser, but an intelligent man requires only two thousand five hundred."

I consider a new device or technology to have been culturally accepted when it has been used to commit a murder.