Mark Twain Avenue

Famous quotes containing the words mark twain, mark, twain and/or avenue:

    “By common consent of all the nations and all the ages the most valuable thing in this world is the homage of men, whether deserved or undeserved.”
    —Mark Twain [Samuel Langhorne Clemens] (1835–1910)

    “I would rather miss the mark acting well than win the day acting basely.”
    —Sophocles (497–406/5 B.C.)

    “Often, the less there is to justify a traditional custom, the harder it is to get rid of it.”
    —Mark Twain [Samuel Langhorne Clemens] (1835–1910)

    “Along the avenue of cypresses,
    All in their scarlet cloaks and surplices
    Of linen, go the chanting choristers,
    The priests in gold and black, the villagers. . . .”
    —D.H. (David Herbert)