Indecency, vulgarity, obscenity - these are strictly confined to man;
he invented them. Among higher animals there is no trace of them.
they hide nothing. They are not ashamed.
-- Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) (1835-1910)
-- Letters from the Earth (1905-1909)
he invented them. Among higher animals there is no trace of them.
they hide nothing. They are not ashamed.
-- Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) (1835-1910)
-- Letters from the Earth (1905-1909)
Related:
- It [the Bible] is full of interest. It has noble poetry in i
and some clever fables; and some blood-drenched history... - There has never been an intellegent person of the age of sixty who
would consent to live his life over again.
His or anyone else's.... - Get your facts first and then you can distort them as much as you wish.
-- Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) (1835-1910)... - Let us be thankful for the fools; but for them the rest of us could not
succeed.
-- Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) (1835-1910)... - Man is a religious Animal. He is the only Religious Animal.
He is the only animal that has the True Religion - several of them.... - Apparently there is nothing that cannot happen today. -- Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) (1835-1910)
- Man is a Religious Animal. He is the only Religious Animal that has the
True Religion -- several of them.
He is the only animal that loves his neighbor as himself and cuts his throat if his theology isn't straight.... - He is now rising from affluence to poverty. -- Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) (1835-1910)
- What is the chief end of man?--to get rich. In what way?
dishonestly if he can; honestly if he must. -- Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain) (1835-1910)...

