Twain-isms

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 12, Issue 2, 28 November 1947, Page 3

Twain-isms

Mark Twain was born 112 years ago this year. Here are a few of his wiest and wittiest sayings: “Let us endeavour so to live that when we come to die even thfe undertaker will be sorry.”

“Always do right. This will gratify some people, and astonish the rest.” “If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous, he will not bite you. This is the difference between a man and a dog.” “It isn’t that the open door lets the cold in, but it lets the coziness out.”

“Adam was human ... he didn’t want the apple for the apple’s sake, he wanted it because it was forbidden.”

“If you tell the truth, you . don’t have to remember anything.” * “So the minister told him that each place had its advantages— Heaven for the climate, Hell for the society.” “Habit is habit, and not to be flung out of the window . by any man, 'but coaxed downstairs a step at a time.” “Man was made at the end of the week’s work, when God was tired.” •“I have travelled more than anyone else, and I have noticed that even the angels speak English with an accent.” “What a good thing Adam had! . . . When he said a good thing he I knew nobodv had said if before.”