When I was a boy of 14, my father was so ignorant, I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be 21, I was astonished at how much the old man had learned in seven years.
Not found in Twain's works, this was attributed to him in Reader's Digest (September 1939): no prior attribution known. Mark Twain’s father died when Twain was eleven years old.
Disputed
Varianta: When I was a boy of fourteen, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be twenty-one, I was astonished at how much the old man had learned in seven years.
„Musíš urobiť svoj vlastný rast bez ohľadu na to, aký vysoký bol tvoj starý otec.“
„Náš Boh je Pán a Otec. Pán je preto, že má veľkú moc; Otec preto, že prekypuje láskavosťou.“
„Učený hlupák je väčší hlupák než hlupák nevzdelaný.“
„Starí hlupáci sú hlúpejší ako mladí.“
„Hlupák nájde vždy ešte väčšieho hlupáka, ktorý ho obdivuje.“
