What is Man? / Old Man
Original engl.: "Duties are not performed for duty's SAKE, but because their NEGLECT would make the man UNCOMFORTABLE."
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Mark Twain: Aktuelle Zitate
Die Aktuelle Zitate von Mark Twain · Lesen Sie die neuesten Zitate in der Sammlung„Nichts bedarf dringender der Verbesserung als die Angewohnheiten anderer Leute.“
The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson, chapter 15
Original engl.: "Nothing so needs reforming as other people's habits."
The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson
„Jeder redet über das Wetter, aber keiner tut etwas dagegen.“
Überliefert durch Charles D. Warner im Hartford Courant, 27. August 1897

„Der Hunger ist das Dienstmädchen des Genies.“
Mark Twain buch Following the Equator
Following the Equator, Kap. XLIII
Original engl.: "Hunger is the handmaid of genius."
Following the Equator

Christian Science, Buch II, Kap. VII, The Church Edifice
Original engl.: "Often it does seem such a pity that Noah and his party did not miss the boat."
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„Bist du ärgerlich, so zähle bis vier; bist du sehr ärgerlich, so fluche!“
The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson, chapter 10 Original engl.: "When angry count four; when very angry, swear."
The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson
„Es ist besser, ein junger Maikäfer zu sein als ein alter Paradiesvogel.“
The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson, chapter 8
Original engl.: "It is better to be a young June bug than an old bird of paradise."
The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson
Mark Twain, a Biography; prefatory note
Original engl.: "When I was younger I could remember anything, whether it happened or not, but I am getting old, and soon I shall remember only the latter."
Mark Twain buch Following the Equator
Unterwegs: Aus Querkopf Wilsons Neuem Kalender, EulenSpiegelVerlag, S. 116
"Truth is stranger than fiction, but it is because Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities; Truth isn't.” Pudd'nhead Wilson's New Calendar
Following the Equator
„Ein Dutzend direkter Tadel ist leichter zu ertragen als ein dahergeschenktes Kompliment.“
Mark Twain buch Following the Equator
Following the Equator, Kap. IV, Pudd'nhead Wilson's New Calendar
Original engl.: "A dozen direct censures are easier to bear than one morganatic compliment."
Following the Equator
Mark Twain buch Following the Equator
Following the Equator, Kap. XX
Original engl.: "It is by the goodness of God that in our country we have those three unspeakably precious things: freedom of speech, freedom of conscience, and the prudence never to practice either of them."
Following the Equator
„Die verborgene Quelle des Humors ist nicht Freude, sondern Kummer.“
Mark Twain buch Following the Equator
Following the Equator, chapter X
Original engl.: "The secret source of Humor itself is not joy but sorrow."
Following the Equator
„Die Wahrheit ist das kostbarste, was wir besitzen. Gehen wir sparsam damit um.“
Mark Twain buch Following the Equator
Following the Equator, chapter VII
Original engl.: "Truth is the most valuable thing we have. Let us economize it."
Following the Equator
„Ein Klassiker ist ein Buch, das die Leute loben, aber nicht lesen.“
Mark Twain buch Following the Equator
Following the Equator, chapter XXV
Original engl.: »Classic.« A book which people praise and don't read."
Following the Equator
Mark Twain buch Following the Equator
Following the Equator, chapter LXIX
Original engl.: "There isn't a Parallel of Latitude but thinks it would have been the Equator if it had had its rights."
Following the Equator