Mark Twain Quotes
Carlyle said, A lie cannot live; it shows he did not know how to tell them.Mark Twain
Fleas can be taught nearly anything a congressman can.Mark Twain
Eloquence is the essential thing in a speech, not information.Mark Twain
I must have a prodigious quantity of mind it takes me as much as a week, sometimes, to make it up.Mark Twain
In our country we have those three unspeakably precious things: freedom of speech, freedom of conscience, and the prudence never to practice either.Mark Twain
There is nothing training cannot do. Nothing is above its reach. It can turn bad morals to good; it can destroy bad principles and recreate good ones; it can lift men to angelship.Mark Twain
Some men worship rank, some worship heroes, some worship power, some worship God, and over these ideals they dispute, but they all worship money.Mark Twain
We are always more anxious to be distinguished for a talent which we do not possess, than to be praised for the fifteen which we do possess.Mark Twain
I have never let my schooling interfere with my education.Mark Twain
Be careful about reading health books. You may die of a misprint.Mark Twain
It is the difference of opinion that makes horse races.Mark Twain
Good breeding consists in concealing how much we think of ourselves and how little we think of the other person.Mark Twain
After all these years I see that I was mistaken about Eve in the beginning it is better to live outside the Garden with her than inside it without her.Mark Twain
Lord save us all from old age and broken health and a hope tree that has lost the faculty of putting out blossoms.Mark Twain
Most people are bothered by those passages of Scripture they do not understand, but the passages that bother me are those I do understand.Mark Twain
God made the Idiot for practice, and then He made the School Board.Mark Twain
Religion consists of a set of things which the average man thinks he believes and wishes he was certain.Mark Twain
Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.Mark Twain
Man is the only animal that blushes - - Or needs to.Mark Twain
I never could tell a lie that anybody would doubt, nor a truth that anybody would believe.Mark Twain
Irreverence is the champion of liberty and its one sure defense.Mark Twain
All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence then success is sure.Mark Twain
Civilization is a limitless multiplication of unnecessary necessities.Mark Twain
I am opposed to millionaires, but it would be dangerous to offer me the position.Mark Twain
Humor is the great thing, the saving thing. The minute it crops up, all our irritations and resentments slip away and a sunny spirit takes their place.Mark Twain
The worst loneliness is not to be comfortable with yourself.Mark Twain
Great people are those who make others feel that they, too, can become great.Mark Twain
My mother had a great deal of trouble with me, but I think she enjoyed it.Mark Twain
The radical invents the views. When he has worn them out the conservative adopts them.Mark Twain
Truth is more of a stranger than fiction.Mark Twain
It was wonderful to find America, but it would have been more wonderful to miss it.Mark Twain
Of the delights of this world man cares most for sexual intercourse, yet he has left it out of his heaven.Mark Twain
The secret source of humour itself is not joy, but sorrow. There is no humour in heaven.Mark Twain
October is one of the peculiarly dangerous months to speculate in stocks. Others are July, January, April, September, November, May, March, June, December, August and February.Mark Twain
Civilization is a limitless multiplication of unnecessary necessaries.Mark Twain
George Washington as a boy was ignorant of the commonest accomplishments of youth - He could not even lie.Mark Twain
The rule is perfect in all matters of opinion our adversaries are insane.Mark Twain
