It [the Bible] is full of interest. It has noble poetry in it; and
some clever fables; and some blood-drenched history; and some good
morals; and a wealth of obscenity; and upwards of a thousand lies.
-- Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) (1835-1910)
-- Letters from the Earth (1905-1909)
some clever fables; and some blood-drenched history; and some good
morals; and a wealth of obscenity; and upwards of a thousand lies.
-- Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) (1835-1910)
-- Letters from the Earth (1905-1909)
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- It [the Bible] is full of interest. It has noble poetry in it;
and some clever fables; and some blood-drenched history... - Indecency, vulgarity, obscenity - these are strictly confined to man;
he invented them. Among higher animals there is no... - 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)... - Postscript:
The only thing of interest in some letters... - It ain't the parts of the Bible that I can't understand that bother
me,
it is the parts that I do understand. -- Mark Twain... - I can live for two months on a good compliment.
--
Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) (1835... - Everyone is a moon, and has a dark side which he never shows to anybody.
Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) (1835... - He is now rising from affluence to poverty.
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Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) (1835... - There is a great deal of human nature in people.
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Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) (1835...
