“When I am king they shall not have bread and shelter only, but also teachings out of books, for a full belly is little worth where the mind is starved.”
― Mark Twain, quote from The Prince and the Pauper
“Learning softeneth the heart and breedeth gentleness and charity.”
― Mark Twain, quote from The Prince and the Pauper
“A fully belly is little worth where the mind is starved.”
― Mark Twain, quote from The Prince and the Pauper
“Kings cannot ennoble thee, thou good, great soul, for One who is higher than kings hath done that for thee; but a king can confirm thy nobility to men.”
― Mark Twain, quote from The Prince and the Pauper
“When I am come to mine own again, I will always honor little children, remembering how that these trusted me and believed me in my time of trouble; whilst they that were older, and thought themselves wiser, mocked at me and held me for a liar.”
― Mark Twain, quote from The Prince and the Pauper
“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.”
― Mark Twain, quote from The Prince and the Pauper
“The world is made wrong; kings should go to school to their own laws, at times, and so learn mercy.”
― Mark Twain, quote from The Prince and the Pauper
“It does us all good to unbend sometimes.”
― Mark Twain, quote from The Prince and the Pauper
“I did not steal your paltry goods!”
― Mark Twain, quote from The Prince and the Pauper
“The reign of Edward VI was a singularly merciful one for those harsh times. Now that we are taking leave of him let us try to keep this in our minds, to his credit”
― Mark Twain, quote from The Prince and the Pauper
“What God wills, will happen; thou canst not hurry it, thou canst not alter it; therefore wait; and be patient”
― Mark Twain, quote from The Prince and the Pauper
“Let us change the tense for convenience.”
― Mark Twain, quote from The Prince and the Pauper
“That which I have seen, in that little moment, will never go out from my memory, but will abide there; and I shall see it all the days, and dream of it all the nights, till I die. Would God I had been blind!”
― Mark Twain, quote from The Prince and the Pauper
“But when weariness finally forced him to be silent, he was no longer of use to his tormentors, and they sought amusement elsewhere”
― Mark Twain, quote from The Prince and the Pauper
“What dost thou know of suffering and oppression! I and my people know, but not thou.”
― Mark Twain, quote from The Prince and the Pauper
“He lay down upon a sumptuous divan, and proceeded to instruct himself with honest zeal.”
― Mark Twain, quote from The Prince and the Pauper
“Foo-foo the First, King of the Mooncalves!”
― Mark Twain, quote from The Prince and the Pauper
“Yet little Tom was not unhappy. He had a hard time of it but did not know it. It was the sort of time that all the Offal Court boys had; therefore he supposed it was the correct and comfortable thing.”
― Mark Twain, quote from The Prince and the Pauper
“Their garment? Have they but one?"
"Ah, good your Worship, what would they do with more? Truly they have not two bodies each.”
― Mark Twain, quote from The Prince and the Pauper
“When I am come to mine own again, I will always honour little children, remembering how that these trusted me and believed in me in my time of trouble; whilst they that were older, and thought themselves wiser, mocked at me and held me for a liar.”
― Mark Twain, quote from The Prince and the Pauper
“Baju mereka satu-satunya? Apakah mereka benar-benar hanya memiliki satu pakaian?"
"Ah, Tuanku yang mulia, untuk apa mereka memiliki lebih dari satu? Bukankah mereka pun hanya memiliki satu tubuh?”
― Mark Twain, quote from The Prince and the Pauper
“Kişinin kafası ve kalbi boşsa, karnı tok olmuş, neye yarar ! Bugün öğrendiklerimi hep aklımda tutacak, aldığım dersi hiç unutmayacak, halkımı bu sıkıntılardan kurtaracağım. Ne de olsa insanın kalbini yumuşatan da, içine iyilik ve cömertlik aşılayan da bilgi değil mi ?" / Çalınan Taç / The Prince and the Pauper”
― Mark Twain, quote from The Prince and the Pauper
Mark Twain
Born place: in Florida, Missouri, The United States
Born date November 30, 1835
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“Besides getting several paper cuts in the same day or receiving the news that someone in your family has betrayed you to your enemies, one of the most unpleasant experiences in life is a job interview. It is very nerve-wracking to explain to someone all the things you can do in the hopes that they will pay you to do them. I once had a very difficult job interview in which I had not only to explain that I could hit an olive with a bow and arrow, memorize up to three pages of poetry, and determine if there was poison mixed into cheese fondue without tasting it, but I had to demonstrate all these things as well.”
― Lemony Snicket, quote from The Carnivorous Carnival
“Woman, I would have been your child, to drink the milk of your breasts as from a well, to see and feel you at my side and have you in your gold laughter and your crystal voice.
To feel you in my veins like God in the rivers and adore you in the sorrowful bones of dust and lime, to watch you passing painlessly by
to emerge in the stanza-cleansed of all evil.
How I would love you woman, how I would love you, love you as no one ever did!
Die and still
love you more.
And still
love you more
and more.”
― Pablo Neruda, quote from The Poetry of Pablo Neruda
“He drank even as he rode, which looked difficult. I cannot say it slowed him down any, but it did make him silly. Why do people wish to be silly?”
― Charles Portis, quote from True Grit
“Wish me good luck, please,” I whisper.
“On one condition,” Philemone says. “Remember, what you call luck is the meeting of opportunity and flexibility.”
I smile, weakly.
“Good luck,” she says. “Now go.”
― Robyn Mundell, quote from Brainwalker
“His cock swung from side to side like the pendulum of a grandfather clock on speed.”
― Stephen King, quote from Cell
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