 Illustration from The New York Times December 25, 1904 |
Public shows of honor are pleasant, but
private ones are pleasanter, because they are above suspicion. - Letter to Will Bowen, 19 December 1888 On the whole, it is better to deserve honors and not have them than to have them and not deserve them. - Mark Twain's Notebook, 1902-1903 Honor knows no statute of limitations. - Mark Twain's Autobiography ...honor is a harder master than the law. It cannot compromise for less than 100 cents on the dollar and its debts never outlaw. - Mark Twain, a Biography |
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