"We do not get ice-cream every where,..." - Quote by Mark Twain
We do not get ice-cream every where, and so, when we do, we are apt to dissipate to excess.
More by Mark Twain
“It is not in the least likely that any life has ever been lived which was not a failure in the secret judgment of the person who lived it.”
“I have never examined the subject of humor until now. I am surprised to find how much ground it covers. I have got its divisions and frontiers down on a piece of paper. I find it defined as a production of the brain, as the power of the brain to produce something humorous, and the capacity of percieving humor.”
“The proper office of a friend is to side with you when you are in the wrong. Nearly anybody will side with you when you are in the right.”
More on Indulgence
“right' i said. 'but first, we need the car. and after that, the cocaine. and then the tape recorder, for special music, and some acapulco shirts.”
“....that the mounds of ices, and the bowls of mint-julep and sherry cobbler they make in these latitudes, are refreshments never to be thought of afterwards, in summer, by those who would preserve contented minds.”
“A full Belly is the Mother of all Evil.”
More on Desire
“When we desire or solicit anything, our minds run wholly on the good side or circumstances of it; when it is obtained, our minds run wholly on the bad ones.”
“There is nothing capricious in nature and the implanting of a desire indicates that its gratification is in the constitution of the creature that feel it.”
“If Someone wants a sheep, then that means that he exists.”