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That is the way we are made: we don’t reason, where we feel; we just feel.
Mark Twain (1835–1910) American writer [pseud. of Samuel Clemens]
Novel (1889), A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court, Part 3 “The Tale of the Lost Land,” ch. 11 “The Yankee in Search of Adventures”More about this quote: wist.info/twain-mark/85720/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #twain #marktwain #connecticutyankee #emotions #feel #feelings #humannature #humanity #meme #reason
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I could have given my own sect the preference and made everybody a Presbyterian without any trouble, but that would have been to affront a law of human nature: spiritual wants and instincts are as various in the human family as are physical appetites, complexions, and features, and a man is only at his best, morally, when he is equipped with the religious garment whose color and shape and size most nicely accommodate themselves to the spiritual complexion, angularities, and stature of the individual who wears it.
Mark Twain (1835–1910) American writer [pseud. of Samuel Clemens]
Novel (1889), A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court, Part 3 “The Tale of the Lost Land,” ch. 10 “Beginnings of Civilization”More about this quote: wist.info/twain-mark/85582/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #marktwain #twain #connecticutyankee #sectarianism #establishment #freedomofreligion #morality #personalreligion #religion #religiousdiversity #religiousfreedom #religioustolerance #spiritualdevelopment #spirituality
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A half-educated physician is not valuable. He thinks he can cure everything.
-- Mark Twain⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #MarkTwain #Physicians
⬇ #Photography #Panorama #Panopainting #Protest #MarchForOurLives #Florida
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Broad, wholesome, charitable views... can not be acquired by vegetating in one's little corner of the earth.
-- Mark Twain⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #MarkTwain #OpenMind #Travel
⬇ #Photography #Panorama #Panopainting #Seashells #Everglades #Florida
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I was afraid of a united Church; it makes a mighty power, the mightiest conceivable, and then when it by and by gets into selfish hands, as it is always bound to do, it means death to human liberty and paralysis to human thought.
Mark Twain (1835–1910) American writer [pseud. of Samuel Clemens]
Novel (1889), A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court, Part 3 “The Tale of the Lost Land,” ch. 10 “Beginnings of Civilization”More about this quote: wist.info/twain-mark/85458/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #marktwain #twain #connecticutyankee #church #churchandstate #corruption #freedomofthought #humannature #liberty #oppression #organizedreligion #religion #religiousintolerance #tyranny
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In which I continue to wrestle with #marktwain's famous comment that #travel is fatal to #prejudice. I can think of moments when that has been true (hello #malcolmx), but then there's Theodore Roosevelt. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vfX28aaIBWY
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La raza humana tiene un arma verdaderamente eficaz, y esa es la risa. Contra el poder del dinero, el abuso del poder o la opresión, nada puede resistir el impacto de la alegría.
—Mark Twain, El forastero misterioso
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School teaches lessons. Life teaches wisdom. Read the full reflection on lifelong learning in today's Thought of the Day. #LifelongLearning #PersonalGrowth #Education #Leadership #GrowthMindset #Learning #MarkTwain #ThoughtLeadership #SelfDevelopment
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𝑳𝒊𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒓𝒚 𝑵𝒐𝒎𝒂𝒅𝒔 - 𝑩𝒖𝒊𝒍𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑭𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒂𝒔𝒊𝒆𝒔
How does the map overwrite the physical territory it claims to represent?
Umberto Eco, Jean Baudrillard, Yi-Fu Tuan, Walter Benjamin along with
Mark Twain, Lucy Maud Montgomery, and others!https://waywordsstudio.com/podcasts/waywords_podcast/building-fantasies/
#frictionalreading #booksandsociety #literarygeography #readingforchange #umbertoeco #jeanbaudrillard #walterbenjamin #marktwain #lmmontgomery #simulations
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𝑳𝒊𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒓𝒚 𝑵𝒐𝒎𝒂𝒅𝒔 - 𝑩𝒖𝒊𝒍𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑭𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒂𝒔𝒊𝒆𝒔
How does the map overwrite the physical territory it claims to represent?
Today we look at literary simulations, from the bedroom of Victor Hugo to the Orlando welter of parks and rides.
https://waywordsstudio.com/podcasts/waywords_podcast/building-fantasies/
#frictionalreading #booksandsociety #bookphilosophy #bookpodcast #literarycriticism #travelwriting #travelogues #books #umbertoeco #jeanbaudrillard #walterbenjamin #marktwain #lmmontgomery #simulations
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Unlimited power is the ideal thing when it is in safe hands. The despotism of heaven is the one absolutely perfect government, and earthly despotism would be the absolute perfect earthly government if the conditions were the same; namely the despot the perfectest individual of the human race, and his lease of life perpetual; but as a perishable, perfect man must die and leave his despotism in the hands of an imperfect successor, an earthly despotism is not merely a bad form of government, it is the worst form that is possible.
Mark Twain (1835-1910) American writer [pseud. of Samuel Clemens]
Novel (1889), A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court, Part 3 “The Tale of the Lost Land,” ch. 10 “Beginnings of Civilization”More about this quote: wist.info/twain-mark/85346/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #twain #marktwain #connecticutyankee #absolutepower #despotism #dictatorship #humannature #mortality #perfection #succession #tyranny
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So ist und war...
Womit ich nicht sagen möchte,daß Gewalt richtig ist.
Angenehmen Donnerstag 👋
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Man was made at the end of the week's work when God was tired.
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He was going for the Holy Grail. The boys all took a flier at the Holy Grail now and then. It was a several years’ cruise. They always put in the long absence snooping around, in the most conscientious way, though none of them had any idea where the Holy Grail really was, and I don’t think any of them actually expected to find it, or would have known what to do with it if he had run across it. You see, it was just the Northwest Passage of that day, as you may say; that was all. Every year expeditions went out holy grailing, and next year relief expeditions went out to hunt for them. There was worlds of reputation in it, but no money.
Mark Twain (1835-1910) American writer [pseud. of Samuel Clemens]
Novel (1889), A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court, Part 3 “The Tale of the Lost Land,” ch. 9 “The Tournament”More about this quote: wist.info/twain-mark/85242/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #marktwain #connecticutyankee #holygrail #prestige #quest #reputation
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Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.
-- Mark Twain⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #MarkTwain #Ambition #Greatness
⬇ #Photography #Panorama #Pictographs #RockArt #NativeAmerican #Utah
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The Mark Twain Book of Quotes: A Collection of Speeches, Quotations & Essays From America's Greatest Humorist edited by Travis Hellstrom, 2026
Sharp wit, timeless wisdom, and unforgettable humor from Mark Twain—perfect for readers who love classic literature and clever insight.
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Well, I liked the king, and as king I respected him — respected the office; at least respected it as much as I was capable of respecting any unearned supremacy; but as MEN I looked down upon him and his nobles — privately. And he and they liked me, and respected my office; but as an animal, without birth or sham title, they looked down upon me — and were not particularly private about it, either. I didn’t charge for my opinion about them, and they didn’t charge for their opinion about me: the account was square, the books balanced, everybody was satisfied.
Mark Twain (1835-1910) American writer [pseud. of Samuel Clemens]
Novel (1889), A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court, Part 3 “The Tale of the Lost Land,” ch. 8 “The Boss”More about this quote: wist.info/twain-mark/85133/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #twain #marktwain #connecticutyankee #aristocracy #coexistence #commoner #disrespect #office #respect #aristocrat #commonpeople
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#MarkTwain painted an evocative vision of the 19th-century Mississippi River, but he didn’t tell the whole story.
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Inherited ideas are a curious thing, and interesting to observe and examine. I had mine, the king and his people had theirs. In both cases they flowed in ruts worn deep by time and habit, and the man who should have proposed to divert them by reason and argument would have had a long contract on his hands.
Mark Twain (1835-1910) American writer [pseud. of Samuel Clemens]
Novel (1889), A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court, Part 3 “The Tale of the Lost Land,” ch. 8 “The Boss”More about this quote: wist.info/twain-mark/85029/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #twain #marktwain #aconnecticutyankee #convention #culture #custom #heritage #ideas #socialchange #socialconventions #tradition
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To be vested with enormous authority is a fine thing; but to have the onlooking world consent to it is a finer.
Mark Twain (1835-1910) American writer [pseud. of Samuel Clemens]
Novel (1889), A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court, Part 3 “The Tale of the Lost Land,” ch. 8 “The Boss”More about this quote: wist.info/twain-mark/39269/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #twain #marktwain #connecticutyankee #buyin #agreement #authority #consent #consentofthegoverned #democracy #popularopinion #popularity #power #support
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Puddin' Head Whatzizface's Almanac
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Comedian #WhitneyCummings stung #DonaldTrump with a #JeffreyEpstein joke that she had been warned not to use during this year’s celebration of the #MarkTwain Prize for #American Humor at the #KennedyCenter.
She said “I actually heard #Trump may come tonight but he couldn’t make it. He got caught in sex traffic.” ✅ https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-epstein-joke-whitney-cummings-kennedy-center_n_6a42f211e4b0d6c25f530aac
#Resist hilariously. #DoNotComply and #DoNotCollaborateWithFascists in #USpol.
