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 it;
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. -- Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)... - Get your facts first and then you can distort them as much as you wish.
Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) (1835... - Let us be thankful for the fools; but for them the rest of us could not
succeed.
Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) (1835... - Man is a religious Animal. He is the only Religious Animal.
He is the only animal that has the True Religion -... - Apparently there is nothing that cannot happen today.
Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) (1835... - 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... - He is now rising from affluence to poverty.
--
Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) (1835... - What is the chief end of man?--to get rich. In what way?
dishonestly if he can; honestly if he must. -- Samuel...
From the same category:
- If the tao is great, then the operating system is great.
If the operating system is great, then the compiler... - If no one uses something, it isn't needed.
--
Robert... - The people sensible enough to give
good advice are
usually sensible enough to give none... - If the code and the comments disagree, then both are probably wrong.
Norm... - Do not be fooled by her looks. The body is just a shell.
Worf, "The Dauphin", stardate 42568...
