Morals are not the important thing-nor enlightenment-nor civilization. A man can do absolutely well without them, but he can't do without something to eat. The supremest thing is the need of the body, not of the mind and spirit.


Mark Twain at Your Fingertips: A Book of Quotations (ed. Courier Corporation, 2012) - ISBN: 9780486123318

Mark Twain Quotes

Morals are not the important thing-nor enlightenment-nor civilization. A man can do absolutely well without them, but he can't do without something...

Morals are not the important thing-nor enlightenment-nor civilization. A man can do absolutely well without them, but he can't do without something...

Morals are not the important thing-nor enlightenment-nor civilization. A man can do absolutely well without them, but he can't do without something...

Morals are not the important thing-nor enlightenment-nor civilization. A man can do absolutely well without them, but he can't do without something...