Quote by Mark Twain

By common consent of all the nations and all the ages the most valuable thing in this world is the homage of men, whether deserved or undeserved.

By common consent of all the nations and all the ages the mo

Summary

This quote suggests that regardless of the opinions of different nations and throughout history, the admiration and approval of other people is considered the most precious and significant aspect of life. It implies that being respected and valued by others, even if it is not necessarily earned or justified, holds immense value and importance for individuals. This acknowledgment from others seems to outweigh other measures of significance and success, emphasizing the social nature of human beings and the desire for recognition.

Topics

Recognition

By Mark Twain

Liked the quote? Share it with your friends.

Random Quotations

Men and women who know the brutal reality of war, who know t

Men and women who know the brutal reality of war, who know that war strips people of their very humanity, must unite in a new global partnership for peace.

Peace

Well, there are about 10 million children that aren't covere

Well, there are about 10 million children that aren't covered by health insurance. About 3 million qualify for Medicaid but don't get it, so we're going to reach out and bring more of those kids into the Medicaid program.

Franklin Raines

Health

It's cool to play a vampire and be a part of this new, hot g

It's cool to play a vampire and be a part of this new, hot genre.

Josh Hutcherson

Cool

Health food may be good for the conscience but Oreos taste a

Health food may be good for the conscience but Oreos taste a hell of a lot better.

Food

Environmental protection doesn't happen in a vacuum. You can

Environmental protection doesn't happen in a vacuum. You can't separate the impact on the environment from the impact on our families and communities.

Environmental

How many young hearts have revealed the fact that what they

How many young hearts have revealed the fact that what they had been trained to imagine the highest earthly felicity was but the beginning of care, disappointment, and sorrow, and often led to the extremity of mental and physical suffering.

Catharine Esther Beecher

Marriage

All you have to do is know where you're going. The answers w

All you have to do is know where you're going. The answers will come to you of their own accord.

Earl Nightingale

Goals

I am a wizard, not a baboon brandishing a stick.

I am a wizard, not a baboon brandishing a stick.

Humor Funny

Goodwill is the one and only asset that competition cannot u

Goodwill is the one and only asset that competition cannot undersell or destroy.

Business

If music in general is an imitation of history, opera in par

If music in general is an imitation of history, opera in particular is an imitation of human willfulness; it is rooted in the fact that we not only have feelings but insist upon having them at whatever cost to ourselves. The quality common to all the great operatic roles, e.g., Don Giovanni, Norma, Lucia, Tristan, Isolde, Br?nnhilde, is that each of them is a passionate and willful state of being. In real life they would all be bores, even Don Giovanni.

Opera

She knew she could never love any man the way she loved a bl

She knew she could never love any man the way she loved a blank sheet of paper that only she could fill.

Love Friendship Writers On Writing Paper Writers Block Writers World Short Story Jamie Weise Writer Quotes

If all else fails, the character of a man can be recognized

If all else fails, the character of a man can be recognized by nothing so surely as by a jest which he takes badly.

G. C. (Georg Christoph) Lichtenb

Humor