Pudd'nhead Wilson Quotes

“Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear—not absence of fear.”

― Mark Twain, Pudd'nhead Wilson

topic:fear courage

“Training is everything. The peach was once a bitter almond; cauliflower is nothing but cabbage with a college education.”

― Mark Twain, Pudd'nhead Wilson

topic:education

“If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous, he will not bite you. This is the principal difference between a dog and a man.”

― Mark Twain, Pudd'nhead Wilson

topic:man

“Adam was but human—this explains it all. He did not want the apple for the apple's sake, he wanted it only because it was forbidden. The mistake was in not forbidding the serpent; then he would have eaten the serpent.”

― Mark Twain, Pudd'nhead Wilson

topic:humanity sin

“It were not best that we should all think alike; it is difference of opinion that makes horse-races.”

― Mark Twain, Pudd'nhead Wilson

topic:thought difference

“One of the most striking differences between a cat and a lie is that a cat has only nine lives.”

― Mark Twain, Pudd'nhead Wilson

topic:lie

“A home without a cat—and a well-fed, well-petted, and properly revered cat—may be a perfect home, perhaps, but how can it prove title?”

― Mark Twain, Pudd'nhead Wilson

topic:home

“When angry, count four; when very angry, swear.”

― Mark Twain, Pudd'nhead Wilson

topic:anger

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