Mark Twain Quote

The sole impulse which dictates and compels a man's every act: the imperious necessity of securing his own approval, in every emergency and at all costs.... It is our only spur, our whip, our goad, our impelling power; we have no other.


What is man? (ed. 1917)


The sole impulse which dictates and compels a man's every act: the imperious necessity of securing his own approval, in every emergency and at all...

The sole impulse which dictates and compels a man's every act: the imperious necessity of securing his own approval, in every emergency and at all...

The sole impulse which dictates and compels a man's every act: the imperious necessity of securing his own approval, in every emergency and at all...

The sole impulse which dictates and compels a man's every act: the imperious necessity of securing his own approval, in every emergency and at all...