Civilization largely consists in hiding human nature. When the barbarian learns to hide it we account him enlightened.
Mark TwainAh, that shows you the power of music, that magician of magician, who lifts his wand and says his mysterious word and all things real pass away and the phantoms of your mind walk before you clothed in flesh.
Mark TwainGod rewards gamblers and fools. The crucial thing, when you win, is knowing which you were.
Mark TwainStrange a God who mouths Golden Rules and forgiveness, then invented hell; who mouths morals to other people and has none Himself; who frowns upon crimes yet commits them all; who created man without invitation, then tries to shuffle the responsibility for man's acts upon man, instead of honorably placing it where it belongs, upon Himself; and finally with altogether divine obtuseness, invites this poor, abused slave to worship Him!
Mark Twain