As Every Successful Politician Knows…

The Post-Fact Era

Sufficient Conditions

All you need in this life 

is ignorance and confidence, 

and then success is sure.

 — Mark Twain

A Separate Creation

In the first place, 

God made idiots. 

That was for practice. 

Then he made school boards.

 — Mark Twain

Purgatory

Martyrdom covers a multitude of sins.

 — Mark Twain

The Art Of Surprise

Do the right thing.

It will gratify some people 

and astonish the rest.
 — Mark Twain

In Two Minds

Faith is believing what you know ain't so.

 — Mark Twain.

Majority Rules

Hain't we got all the fools in town on our side? 

And hain't that a big enough majority in any town?

 — Mark Twain

Post-Procrastination

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do the day after tomorrow.
 ― Mark Twain

Dead White Males

Shoaling

I have never let my schooling interfere with my education.
 — Mark Twain