My kind of loyalty was loyalty to one's country, not to its institutions or its office-holders.
Mark TwainI cannot help but notice that there is no problem between us that cannot be solved by your departure.
Mark TwainEvery man is in his own person the whole human race without a detail lacking....I knew I should not find in any philosophy a single thought which had not passed through my own head, nor a single thought which had not passed through the heads of millions and millions of men before I was born.
Mark TwainI found out that I was a Christian for revenue only and I could not bear the thought of that, it was so ignoble.
Mark TwainI know the look of an apple that is roasting and sizzling on the hearth on a winter's evening, and I know the comfort that comes of eating it hot, along with some sugar and a drench of cream... I know how the nuts taken in conjunction with winter apples, cider, and doughnuts, make old people's tales and old jokes sound fresh and crisp and enchanting.
Mark Twain