![]() "What a fine thing it is to have an intellect, and room enough in the seat of your breeches to hold it."."Everything has its limit - iron ore cannot be educated into gold."."Education consists mainly in what we have unlearned."."All schools, all colleges, have two great functions: to confer, and to conceal, valuable knowledge."."It is noble to teach oneself, but still nobler to teach others - and less trouble."."To spell correctly is a talent, not an acquirement."."As to the Adjective: When in doubt, strike it out."."Books are the liberated spirits of men.".What you gain at one end you lose at the other." "Every time you stop a school, you will have to build a jail."A full belly is worth little where the mind is starved.".Mark Twain is known for many eloquent sayings, including ones that share his interesting ideas about intellectual pursuits such as education and literature. Mark Twain Quotes on Literature and Learning "It is good to obey all the rules when you're young, so you'll have the strength to break them when you're old.".Inside of the dullest exterior there is a drama, a comedy, and a tragedy." "There was never yet an uninteresting life."We recognize that there are no trivial occurrences in life if we get the right focus on them."."Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life."."Architects cannot teach nature anything."."A man cannot be comfortable without his own approval.".When he has worn them out, the conservative adopts them." "The radical of one century is the conservative of the next."Only he who has seen better days and lives to see better days again knows their full value."."Human life is maliciously planned with one principal object in view: to make you do all the different kinds of things you particularly don't want to do.".Enjoy reviewing some Mark Twain quotations on the overall human experience. Mark Twain had some truly interesting perspectives on various aspects of life. Mark Twain Quotes About the Human Experience "Poor old Methuselah, how did he manage to stand it so long?"."Don't put too much faith in the passing stranger."."Nothing so needs reforming more than other people's habits."."I have found out that there ain’t no surer way to find out whether you like people or hate them than to travel with them.". ![]()
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