“Dear, dear, it only shows that there is nothing diviner about a king than there is about a tramp, after all. He is just a cheap and hollow artificiality when you don't know he is a king. But reveal his quality, and dear me it takes your very breath away to look at him. I reckon we are all fools. Born so, no doubt.” MankindManSatireRoyaltyKingClassicismTwainTrampMarktwain Book:A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court Source: A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
“One of Mark Twain's more uplifting quotes maintains that small people always belittle your ambitions, while the great make you feel that you can be great.” Marktwain Book:Chaos Monkeys: Obscene Fortune and Random Failure in Silicon Valley Source: Chaos Monkeys: Obscene Fortune and Random Failure in Silicon Valley