George Washington, as a boy, was ignorant of the commonest accomplishments
of youth. He could not even lie.
-- Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) (1835-1910)
of youth. He could not even lie.
-- Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) (1835-1910)
Related:
- I am different from Washington; I have a higher, grander standard
of principle.
Washington could not lie. I can lie, but I won't. -- Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) (1835-1910)... - The history of the race, and each individual's experience, are thick
with evidence that a truth is not hard to kill and that a lie told
well is immortal.
-- Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) (1835-1910) -- Advice to Youth (published 1923)... - A lie can travel halfway round the world while the truth is putting
on its shoes.
-- 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)... - I do not like work even when someone else does it. -- Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) (1835-1910)
- He is now rising from affluence to poverty. -- Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) (1835-1910)
- Everyone is a moon, and has a dark side which he never shows to anybody.
-- Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) (1835-1910)... - Apparently there is nothing that cannot happen today. -- Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) (1835-1910)
- Honesty is the best policy--when there is money in it. -- Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) (1835-1910)
