Tom said to himself that it was not such a hollow world, after all. He had discovered a great law of human action, without knowing it -- namely, that in order to make a man or a boy covet a thing, it is only necessary to make the thing difficult to attain. β¨ Mark Twain (1992). Tom Sawyer & Huckleberry Finn, p.14, Wordsworth Editions
More Author Quotes
- Never knew before what eternity was made for. It is to give some of us a chance to learn German. β¨ Mark Twain (1976). Mark Twain's Notebooks & Journals, Volume II: (1877-1883), p.121, Univ of Califor β¦ βΆ
- A person with a new idea is a crank until the idea succeeds. β¨ 1897 Following the Equator, ch.32.
- By trying we can easily learn to endure adversity. Another man's, I mean. β¨ The Jumping Frog: And 18 Other Stories.
- The average American may not know who his grandfather was. But the American was, however, one degree better off than the average Frenchman who, as a rule, was in considerable doubt as to who his fath β¦ βΆ
- Have a place for everything and keep the thing somewhere else. This is not advice, it is merely custom. β¨ Mark Twain (2012). Mark Twain at Your Fingertips: A Book of Quotations, p.74, Courier Corpora β¦ βΆ
Most Cited Authors
William Shakespeare2362
Cassandra Clare2086
Ralph Waldo Emerson2017
Paulo Coelho1839
Rajneesh1644
Sherrilyn Kenyon1633
Mark Twain1626
C. S. Lewis1624
Rick Riordan1549
Oscar Wilde1401
Albert Einstein1372
J. K. Rowling1274
Rumi1268
Friedrich Nietzsche1258
John Green1254
Swami Vivekananda1206
Thomas Jefferson1179
Richelle Mead1130
Barack Obama1115
Henry David Thoreau1086
Terry Pratchett1070
Stephen King1024
Mahatma Gandhi1019
Jodi Picoult1016
Neil Gaiman977
Haruki Murakami976
Laozi972
27
The Best Quotes
Most Liked Authors
William Shakespeare46.4k
Cassandra Clare40.9k
Ralph Waldo Emerson38.9k
Paulo Coelho35.9k
Rajneesh32k
Sherrilyn Kenyon31.8k
Mark Twain31.7k
C. S. Lewis31k
Rick Riordan30.4k
Oscar Wilde26.9k
Albert Einstein26.8k
J. K. Rowling24.6k
John Green24.5k
Friedrich Nietzsche24.4k
Rumi24.3k
Swami Vivekananda23.3k
Thomas Jefferson22.7k
Richelle Mead22.2k
Barack Obama21.6k
Terry Pratchett21k
Henry David Thoreau20.6k
Stephen King19.8k
Jodi Picoult19.8k
Mahatma Gandhi19.7k
Neil Gaiman19.2k
Laozi19.1k
Haruki Murakami19k
27