Whoever has lived long enough to find out what life is, knows how deep a
debt of gratitude we owe to Adam, the first great benefactor of our race.
He brought death into the world.
-- Mark Twain (1835-1910), "The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson"
debt of gratitude we owe to Adam, the first great benefactor of our race.
He brought death into the world.
-- Mark Twain (1835-1910), "The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson"
Related:
- 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.
-- Mark Twain (1835-1910), "The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilso... - The first time the Deity came down to earth, he brought life and death
when he came the second time, he brought hell.... - A man is accepte into a church for what he believes and he is turned out
for what he knows.
-- Mark Twai... - We are citizens of the world: and the tragedy of our times is that
we do not know this.
-- Woodrow Wilso... - I can teach anybody how to get what they want out of life.
The problem is that I can't find anybody who can tell me what they want. -- Mark Twai... - What they said:
What they meant:
"I recommend this candidate with no qualifications whatsoever.
(Yes, that about sums it up.) "The amount of mathematics she knows will surprise you.... - We rarely find anyone who can say he has lived a happy life, and who,
content with his life, can retire from the world like a satisfied guest.
-- Quintus Horatius Flaccus (Horace)... - Of all of the delights in this world man cares most for sexual
intercourse, yet he has left it out of his heaven.
-- Mark Twai... - We rarely find anyone who can say he has lived a happy life, and who,
content with his life, can retire from the world like a satisfied guest.
-- Quintus Horatius Flaccus (Horace) (65-8 B.C.)...
