Mark Twain Quotes
A banker is a fellow who lends you his umbrella when the sun is shining, but wants it back the minute it begins to rain.Mark Twain
Few sinners are saved after the fiirst twenty minutes of a sermon.Mark Twain
There are times when one would like to end the whole human race, and finish the farce.Mark Twain
Habit is habit and not to be flung out of the window by any man, but coaxed downstairs a step at a time.Mark Twain
It is noble to teach oneself, but still nobler to teach others - - And less trouble. - Speech, 1906.Mark Twain
We all have thoughts that would shame the devil.Mark Twain
All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence - - And then success is sure.Mark Twain
George Washington as a boy was ignorant of the commonest accomplishments of youth - He could not even lie.Mark Twain
Familiarity breeds contempt - And children.Mark Twain
A patriot is mocked, scorned and hated; yet when his cause succeeds, all men will join him, for then it costs nothing to be a patriot.Mark Twain
An enemy can partly ruin a man, but it takes a good - Natured injudicious friend to complete the thing and make it perfect.Mark Twain
The miracle, or the power, that elevates the few is to be found in their industry, application, and perseverance under the prompting of a brave, determined spirit.Mark Twain
Good breeding consists in concealing how much we think of ourselves and how little we think of the other person.Mark Twain
The human race has one really effective weapon, and that is laughter.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
We are chameleons, and our partialities and prejudices change place with an easy and blessed facility, and we are soon wonted to the change and happy in it.Mark Twain
It is by the goodness of God that 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
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
Principles have no real force except when one is well fed.Mark Twain
Often, the surest way to convey misinformation is to tell the strict truth.Mark Twain
Kindness is a language which the deaf can hear, and the blind can read.Mark Twain
Man will do many things to get himself loved he will do all things to get himself envied.Mark Twain
Cauliflower is nothing but Cabbage with a College Education.Mark Twain
Love seems the swiftest, but it is the slowest of growths. No man or woman really knows what perfect love is until they have been married a quarter of a century.Mark Twain
If we had less statemanship we could get along with fewer battleships.Mark Twain
It has always been my rule never to smoke when asleep, and never to refrain when awake.Mark Twain
One of the most striking differences between a cat and a lie is that a cat has only nine lives.Mark Twain
All say, How hard it is that we have to die - - A strange complaint to come from the mouths of people who have had to live.Mark Twain
His ignorance covered the whole earth like a blanket, and there was hardly a hole in it anywhere.Mark Twain
Suppose you were an idiot, and suppose you were a member of congress but I repeat myself.Mark Twain
Go and surprise the whole country by doing something right.Mark Twain
When I was a boy of fourteen, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be twenty - One, I was astonished at how much the old man had learned in seven years.Mark Twain
Irreverence is the champion of liberty and its one sure defense.Mark Twain
Why is it that we rejoice at a birth and grieve at a funeral? It is because we are not the person involved.Mark Twain
There ought to be a room in every house to swear in.Mark Twain
Imagination is always the fabric of social life and the dynamic of history. The influence of real needs and compulsions, of real interests and materials, is indirect because the crowd is never conscious of it.Mark Twain
It is better to deserve honors and not have them than to have them and not to deserve them.Mark Twain
