Famous quotes containing the words mark twain, portrayed, mark and/or twain:
“Nothing is made in vain, but the fly came near it.”
—Mark Twain [Samuel Langhorne Clemens] (1835–1910)
“It would be difficult for me not to conclude that the most perfect type of masculine beauty is Satan,—as portrayed by Milton.”
—Charles Baudelaire (1821–1867)
“And the child not caring to whom he climbs his prayer
Shall drown in a grief as deep as his made grave,
And mark the dark eyed wave, through the eyes of sleep,
Dragging him up the stairs to one who lies dead.”
—Dylan Thomas (1914–1953)
“Demagogue—a vessel containing beer and other liquids.”
—Mark Twain [Samuel Langhorne Clemens] (1835–1910)