# Roughing It

- Author: [Mark Twain](https://www.leafyquotes.com/mark-twain.md)
- Quotes: 4
- Book page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/mark-twain/roughing-it

## Quotes

> A crowded police docket is the surest of all signs that trade is brisk and money plenty.

p. 360 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/mark-twain/roughing-it/a-crowded-police.md)

Topics: [money](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/money.md)

> The best known names in the Territory of Nevada were those belonging to these long-tailed heroes of the revolver. Orators, Governors, capitalists and leaders of the legislature enjoyed a degree of fame, but it seemed local and meagre when contrasted with the fame of such men as Sam Brown, Jack Williams, Billy Mulligan, Farmer Pease, Sugarfoot Mike, Pock-Marked Jake, El Dorado Johnny, Jack McNabb, Joe McGee, Jack Harris, Six-fingered Pete, etc., etc.

p. 344 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/mark-twain/roughing-it/the-best-known.md)

> No California gentleman or lady ever abuses or oppresses a Chinaman, under any circumstances, an explanation that seems to be much needed in the east. Only the scum of the population do it; they and their children. They, and, naturally and consistently, the policemen and politicians, likewise, for these are the dust-licking pimps and slaves of the scum, there as well as elsewhere in America.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/mark-twain/roughing-it/no-california-gentleman.md)

Topics: [society](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/society.md)

> All men have heard of the Mormon Bible, but few except the "elect" have seen it, or, at least, taken the trouble to read it. I brought away a copy from Salt Lake. The book is a curiosity to me, it is such a pretentious affair, and yet so "slow," so sleepy; such an insipid mess of inspiration. It is chloroform in print. If Joseph Smith composed this book, the act was a miracle — keeping awake while he did it was, at any rate. If he, according to tradition, merely translated it from certain ancient and mysteriously-engraved plates of copper, which he declares he found under a stone in an out-of-the-way locality, the work of translating was equally a miracle, for the same reason.

p. 127 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/mark-twain/roughing-it/all-men-have.md)

Topics: [literature](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/literature.md)