"He was such a good man that..." - Quote by Mark Twain
He was such a good man that people hated to see him coming.
More by Mark Twain
“The work that is really a man's own work is play and not work at all.”
“The exquisitely bad is as satisfying to the soul as the exquisitely good. Only the mediocre is unendurable.”
“So you see, the quality of humor is not a personal or a national monopoly. It's as free as salvation, and, I am afraid, far more widely distributed. But it has its value, I think. The hard and sordid things of life are too hard and too sordid and too cruel for us to know and touch them year after year without some mitigating influence, some kindly veil to draw over them, from time to time, to blur the craggy outlines, and make the thorns less sharp and the cruelties less malignant.”
More on Irony
“Appraisals are where you get together with your team leader and agree what an outstanding member of the team you are, how much your contribution has been valued, what massive potential you have and, in recognition of all this, would you mind having your salary halved.”
“And that's why, gentleman, if your little girl doesn't come up to scratch, it will be our painful duty to cut all your throats. Merely in a way of business, as you might say, and no offense, I hope.”
“A sheep in sheep's clothing.”
More on Human Nature
“We must develop and maintain the capacity to forgive. He who is devoid of the power to forgive is devoid of the power to love. There is some good in the worst of us and some evil in the best of us. When we discover this, we are less prone to hate our enemies.”
“Does the imagination dwell the most Upon a woman won or a woman lost?”
“Nothing is so common-place as to wish to be remarkable.”