Now and then we had a hope that if we lived and were good, God would p…

Mark Twain
1626 citations
Now and then we had a hope that if we lived and were good, God would permit us to be pirates. ✨ Mark Twain (1875). Old Times on the Mississippi, p.2, Library of Alexandria
Hope Time
15

More Author Quotes

Action speaks louder than words but not nearly as often.
How stunning are the changes which age makes in a man while he sleeps! ✨ Mark Twain (2012). Mark Twain at Your Fingertips: A Book of Quotations, p.39, Courier Corporation
You meet people who forget you. You forget people you meet. But sometimes you meet those people you can't forget. Those are your 'friends
The dog is a gentleman; I hope to go to his heaven not man's. ✨ Mark Twain, William Dean Howells (1960). Mark Twain-Howells Letters: The Correspondence of Samuel L. Clemens and William D. Howells, 18 … ▶
When you catch an adjective, kill it. ✨ Mark Twain, Michael Patrick Hearn (1981). The annotated Huckleberry Finn: Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Random House Value Pub

Now and then we had a hope that if we lived and were good, God would permit us to be pirates. ✨ Mark Twain (1875). Old Times on the Mississippi, p.2, Library of Alexandria

More Author Quotes

Most Cited Authors

The Best Quotes

Most Liked Authors

Curated Author Quotes