Another editor. That thing behind his ear is his pencil. Whenever he finds a bright thing in your manuscript he strikes it out with that. That does him good, and makes him smile and show his teeth, the way he is doing in the picture. This one has just been striking out a smart thing, and now he is sitting there with his thumbs in his vest-holes, gloating. They are full of envy and malice, editors are.
Mark TwainMan is a Religious Animal. He is the only Religious Animal. He is the only animal that has the True Religion--several of them. He is the only animal that loves his neighbor as himself and cuts his throat if his theology isn't straight. He has made a graveyard of the globe in trying his honest best to smooth his brother's path to happiness and heaven....The higher animals have no religion. And we are told that they are going to be left out in the Hereafter. I wonder why? It seems questionable taste.
Mark TwainI would like to live in Manchester, England. The transition between Manchester and death would be unnoticeable.
Mark TwainThe human race is a race of cowards; and I am not only marching in that procession but carrying a banner.
Mark TwainIt could probably be shown by facts and figures that there is no distinctly native criminal class except Congress.
Mark Twain