Grief can take care of itself, but to get the full value of a joy you must have somebody to divide it with.

About Mark Twain

Portrait of Mark Twain

Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, 1835 – April 21, 1910), known by the pen name Mark Twain, was an American writer, humorist, and essayist. He has been praised as the "greatest humorist the United States has produced", with William Faulkner calling him "the father of American literature". Twain's novels include...

More quotations from Mark Twain

Always acknowledge a fault. This will throw those in authority off their guard and give you an opportunity to commit more.

If you tell the truth you don't have to remember anything.

Honesty is the best policy—when there is money in it.

You can either hold yourself up to the unrealistic standards of others, or ignore them and concentrate on being happy with yourself as you are.

Habit is habit and not to be flung out of the window by any man, but coaxed downstairs a step at a time.

More quotations tagged with “joy”

I cannot believe that the inscrutable universe turns on an axis of suffering; surely the strange beauty of the world must somewhere rest on pure joy!

—Louise Bogan

I've grown to realize the joy that comes from little victories is preferable to the fun that comes from ease and the pursuit of pleasure.

—Lawana Blackwell

I feel like a tiny bird with a big song!

—Jerry Van Amerongen

We could never learn to be brave and patient, if there were only joy in the world.

—Helen Keller

This is the true joy in life, the being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one; the being thoroughly worn out before you are thrown on the scrap heap; the being a force of Nature instead of a feverish selfish little clod of ailments and grievances complaining that the world will not devote itself to making you happy.

—George Bernard Shaw

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