banner

Directory of Mark Twain's maxims, quotations, and various opinions:

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z


LIQUOR

Taking the pledge will not make bad liquor into good, but it will improve it.
- More Maxims of Mark, Johnson, 1927

How I do hate those enemies of the human race who go around enslaving God's free people with pledges--to quit drinking instead of to quit wanting to drink.
- Letter to Henry W. Beecher, 9/11/1885
drinking
Illustration from first edition of
LIFE ON THE MISSISSIPPI

 

banner logo

Quotations | Newspaper Articles | Special Features | Links | Search