Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it.
Quote by Mark Twain
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Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it.
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Mark Twain Quotes
- You can't depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus.
- To be good is noble but to show others how to be good is nobler and no trouble.
- Honesty is the best policy - when there is money in it.
- The finest clothing made is a person's own skin, but, of course, society demands something more than this.
- Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it.
- It usually takes me more than three weeks to prepare a good impromptu speech.
- Get your facts first, then you can distort them as you please.
- The secret source of humor is not joy but sorrow there is no humor in Heaven.
- When people do not respect us we are sharply offended yet in his private heart no man much respects himself.
- I must have a prodigious quantity of mind it takes me as much as a week sometimes to make it up.
Best Quotes
- Mr. DeMille's theory of sexual difference was that marriage is an artificial state for women. The want to be taken, ruled, raped. That was his theory.
- Money for me today does not really matter.
- Let us never negotiate out of fear. But let us never fear to negotiate.
- Love's greatest gift is its ability to make everything it touches sacred.
- It is old age, rather than death, that is to be contrasted with life. Old age is life's parody, whereas death transforms life into a destiny: in a way it preserves it by giving it the absolute dimension. Death does away with time.
- The time you spend alone with God will transform your character and increase your devotion. Then your integrity and godly behavior in an unbelieving world will make others long to know the Lord.
- Making recess appointments when the Senate isn't in recess is neither rational nor moderate. It's a raw misuse of executive power by a president whose love of government is his most vulnerable spot with the electorate.
- Part of the secret of a success in life is to eat what you like and let the food fight it out inside.
- We've begun to raise daughters more like sons... but few have the courage to raise our sons more like our daughters.
- I just hope that theaters remain. I think there's something very wonderful about getting into a dark room with a bunch of people. There's something cool about that. Brings us all together in one room where we can experience all those emotions.