Alone Quotes
Be good and you will be lonesome.
"Be good and you will be lonesome."— Mark Twain
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Meaning of this quote
The joke implies that virtuous conduct can leave a person socially isolated.
Key takeaway:
Notice the satire beneath a simple moral instruction.
Origin of the quote
Following the Equator (1897), caption beneath a shipboard photograph
Who actually said this?
VerifiedThe caption documents Twain’s use of the sentence.
