1219 ordspråk av Mark Twain
Mark Twain
Mark Twain föddes den November 30th 1835 och dog den 21 April 1910 - US Writer
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 I never write Metropolis for seven cents because I can get the same price for city. I never write policeman because I can get the same money for cop. |
| 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 |
| I once sent a dozen of my friends a telegram saying 'flee at once - all is discovered.' They all left town immediately. |
| I owe a friend a dozen chickens, and I believe it will be cheaper to send eggs instead, and let them develop on the road. |
| I refused to attend his funeral. But I wrote a very nice letter explaining that I approved of it. |
| I repeat, sir, that in whatever position you place a woman she is an ornament to society and a treasure to the world. As a sweetheart, she has few equals and no superiors; as a cousin, she is convenient; as a wealthy grandmother with an incurable distemper, she is precious; as a wet-nurse, she has no equal among men. What, sir, would the people of the earth be without woman? They would be scarce, sir, almighty scarce. |
| I respect a man who knows how to spell a word more than one way |
| I said there was but one solitary thing about the past worth remembering and that was the fact that it is past - and can't be restored |
| I said there was nothing so convincing to an Indian as a general massacre. If he could not approve of the massacre, I said the next surest thing for an Indian was soap and education. Soap and education are not as sudden as a massacre, but they are more deadly in the long run; because a half-massacred Indian may recover, but if you educate him and wash him, it is bound to finish him some time or other. |
| I saw a cat yesterday with 4 legs and yet it was only a yellow cat, and rather small, too, for its size. They were not all fore legs several of them were hind legs; indeed almost a majority of them were. |
| I shall not often meddle with politics, because we have a political Editor who is already excellent and only needs to serve a term or two in the penitentiary to be perfect |
| I should have been glad to acquire some sort of idea of Hindu theology, ... but the difficulties were too great. |
| I think a compliment ought always to precede a complaint, where one is possible, because it softens resentment and insures for the complaint a courteous and gentle reception |
| I think I can say, and say with pride, that we have some legislatures that bring higher prices than any in the world |
| I thoroughly believe that any man who's got anything worthwhile to say will be heard if he only says it often enough. |
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Proverb (1469535 st) Search
Categories (2627 st) Search
Authors (167535 st) Search
Photos (4592 st)
Born (10495 st)
Died (3318 st)
Dates (9517 st)
Countries (5315 st)
Idiom (4438 st)
Lengths
Toplists (6 st)
This website focuses on proverbs in the Swedish, Danish and Norwegian languages, and some parts including the links below have not been translated to English. They are mainly FAQs, various information and webpages for improving the collection.
Det är julafton om 48 dagar!
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This website focuses on proverbs in the Swedish, Danish and Norwegian languages, and some parts including the links below have not been translated to English. They are mainly FAQs, various information and webpages for improving the collection.
Det är julafton om 48 dagar!
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