- Paperback: 64 pages
- Publisher: Dover Publications Inc.; New edition edition (29 Oct 1999)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0486406644
- ISBN-13: 978-0486406640
- Product Dimensions: 13.1 x 0.4 x 22 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
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This smart assortment of Miniature Editions "TM" is available only in Britain. From the joys and agonies of cricket to a jolly fable of rhyming slang, these little books are favorites in the trade.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Fantastic! I would advise to everyone to have this book at home. It always cheers me up. If you feel down the weather, the best remedy is Mark Twain's quotations.Best of luck!
7 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
This cute little book was bound with handcraft methods and contains lovely illustrations by Gary Undercuffer. It is an excellent collection of humorous and uplifting quotations, the funny and the profound side by side, gathered from his novels, short works, letters and speeches. These sources include Joan of Arc, A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, A Tramp Abroad, Huckleberry Finn, Life on the Mississippi, The Gilded Age, Europe and Elsewhere, Letters From The Earth and Elsewhere and others. Twain's observations are timeless and often very witty, as in the quote: "Classic: A book which people praise and don't read." Besides its novelty value to collectors as a miniature edition, I think this little book makes an excellent gift.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Mass Market Paperback
Enjoy few quotes from this humorous book, then go and buy a copy:
ADVERTISING
During his days as a journalist, the young Mark Twain once edited a small newspaper in Missouri. A subscriber wrote in, saying that he had found a spider in his paper and asked whether this was a sign of good or bad uck. Twain answered:
"Dear Subscriber: Finding a spider in your paper was neither good luck nor bad luck for you. The spider was merely looking over our paper to see which merchant is not advertising so that he can go to that store, spin his web across the door and lead a life of undisturbed peace ever afterward."
ADVICE
It is beter to give than receive - especially advice. Mark Twain was always willing to donate free advice to the needy and the unsuspecting. "It's notble to be good", he said, "and it's nobler to teach others to be good, and less trouble."
Whenever you find that you are on the side of majority, it is time to reform (- or pause and reflect).
BELIEFS
If the man doesn't believe as we do, we say he is a crank, and that settles it. I mean, it does nowadays, because now we can't burn him.
SURGERY
Mark Twain offered this advice on the proper state of mind for undergoing surgery: "Console yourself with the reflection that you are giving the doctor pleasure, and that he is getting paid for it."
INSULTS
When Mark Twain disapproved of someone, he was not likely to keep it a secret. A remark he made on hearing of the death of an annoying person is typical:
"He has done a thing for me which I wouldn't even have done for myself. If he will only stay dead now I will call the account square and drop the grudge I bear him."
ADVERTISING
During his days as a journalist, the young Mark Twain once edited a small newspaper in Missouri. A subscriber wrote in, saying that he had found a spider in his paper and asked whether this was a sign of good or bad uck. Twain answered:
"Dear Subscriber: Finding a spider in your paper was neither good luck nor bad luck for you. The spider was merely looking over our paper to see which merchant is not advertising so that he can go to that store, spin his web across the door and lead a life of undisturbed peace ever afterward."
ADVICE
It is beter to give than receive - especially advice. Mark Twain was always willing to donate free advice to the needy and the unsuspecting. "It's notble to be good", he said, "and it's nobler to teach others to be good, and less trouble."
Whenever you find that you are on the side of majority, it is time to reform (- or pause and reflect).
BELIEFS
If the man doesn't believe as we do, we say he is a crank, and that settles it. I mean, it does nowadays, because now we can't burn him.
SURGERY
Mark Twain offered this advice on the proper state of mind for undergoing surgery: "Console yourself with the reflection that you are giving the doctor pleasure, and that he is getting paid for it."
INSULTS
When Mark Twain disapproved of someone, he was not likely to keep it a secret. A remark he made on hearing of the death of an annoying person is typical:
"He has done a thing for me which I wouldn't even have done for myself. If he will only stay dead now I will call the account square and drop the grudge I bear him."
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