Stanford Locke

“Human nature appears to be just the same, all over the world”
― Mark Twain, The Innocents Abroad, Or, the New Pilgrims' Progress

“The word Palestine always brought to my mind a vague suggestion of a country as large as the United States. I do not know why, but such was the case. I suppose it was because I could not conceive of a small country having so large a history.”
― Mark Twain, The Innocents Abroad, Or, the New Pilgrims' Progress

“There is no regular system of taxation, but when the Emperor or the Bashaw want money, they levy on some rich man, and he has to furnish the cash or go to prison. Therefore, few men in Morocco dare to be rich.”
― Mark Twain, The Innocents Abroad

“Mosques are plenty, churches are plenty, graveyards are plenty, but morals and whiskey are scarce. The Koran does not permit Mohammedans to drink. Their natural instincts do not permit them to be moral. They say the Sultan has eight hundred wives. This almost amounts to bigamy. It makes our cheeks burn with shame to see such a thing permitted here in Turkey. We do not mind it so much in Salt Lake, however.”
― Mark Twain, The Innocents Abroad