Mark Twain Quotes About Killing

• All war must be just the killing of strangers against whom you feel no personal animosity; strangers whom, in other circumstances, you would help if you found them in trouble, and who would help you if you needed it.

  Mark Twain

  War, Politics, Helping

  Mark Twain (2004). “The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg”, p.424, 1st World Publishing

• What ought to be done to the man who invented the celebrating of anniversaries? Mere killing would be too light.

  Mark Twain

  Funny, Anniversary, Hilarious

  Mark Twain (2015). “Bite-Size Twain: Wit and Wisdom from the Literary Legend”, p.41, St. Martin's Press

• I felt it was my duty to praise all of God's works with fervent enthusiasm. At the same time I killed flies in my house in a spirit of hatred, exasperation and contempt. My praise to God for all his works was dishonest, the act of killing the fly was honest.

  Mark Twain

  Hatred, House, Enthusiasm

• I thoroughly disapprove of duels. If a man should challenge me, I would take him kindly and forgivingly by the hand and lead him to a quiet place and kill him.

  Mark Twain

  Forgiveness, Death, Suicide

• The joy of killing! the joy of seeing killing done - these are traits of the human race at large.

  Mark Twain

  Race, Joy, Done

  Mark Twain (2014). “Following The Equator”, p.396, Jazzybee Verlag

• I persuaded him to throw the dirk away; and it was as easy as persuading a child to give up some bright fresh new way of killing itself.

  Mark Twain

  Children, Giving Up, Way

  Mark Twain (2016). “A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court”, p.247, Mark Twain

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