Mark Twain quotes.
All 69 quotations by Mark Twain in our collection.
“Loyalty to country always. Loyalty to government when it deserves it.”
“The difference between a Miracle and a Fact is exactly the difference between a mermaid and seal.”
“Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions.”
“Always do what is right. It will gratify half of mankind and astound the other.”
“Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.”
“The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who cannot read them.”
“Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear—not absence of fear.”
“Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear – not absence of fear.”
“Synergy - the bonus that is achieved when things work together harmoniously.”
“It is better to keep your mouth shut and appear stupid than to open it and remove all doubt.”
“Language is a city to the building of which every human being brought a stone.”
“Anger is an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stored than to anything on which it is poured.”
“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness.”
“Against the assault of laughter nothing can stand.”
“Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear - not absence of fear.”
“I have been complimented many times and they always embarrass me; I always feel that they have not said enough.”
“Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience.”
“Always do right - It will please many people, and amaze the rest.”
“The world doesn't owe you anything. It was here first.”
“Man was made at the end of the week's work when God was tired.”
“The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.”
“A clear conscience is the sure sign of a bad memory.”
“Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it doesn't matter.”
“Only one thing is impossible for God: To find any sense in any copyright law on the planet.”
“Loyalty to the country always. Loyalty to the government when it deserves it.”
“Never let your schooling interfere with your education.”
“Everything human is pathetic. The secret source of humor itself is not joy but sorrow. There is no humor in heaven.”
“The secret of getting ahead is getting started.”
“There is no sadder sight than a young pessimist.”
“Anyone with a new idea is a crank... until the idea succeeds.”
“Don't let schooling interfere with your education.”
“The more I learn about human nature, the more I like my dog.”
“To succeed in life, you need two things: ignorance and confidence.”
“Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear.”
“I've dealt with many crises in my life, but few will ever happen.”
“Do the thing you fear most and the death of fear is certain.”
“Humor is mankind's greatest blessing.”
“Get the facts first. You can distort them later.”
“Man - a creature made at the end of the week's work when God was tired.”
“Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society.”
“But who prays for Satan? Who in eighteen centuries, has had the common humanity to pray for the one sinner that needed it most.”
“If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous he will not bite you. This is the principal difference between a dog and man.”
“The secret of getting started is breaking your complex, overwhelming tasks into small manageable tasks, and then starting on the first one.”
“Everyone is a moon, and has a dark side which he never shows to anybody.”
“Kindness is a language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.”
“Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to reform.”
“My books are like water; those of the great geniuses are wine. Everybody drinks water.”
“When angry, count to four; when very angry, swear.”
“Everybody talks about the weather, but nobody does anything about it.”
“If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything.”
“Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it.”
“The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up.”
“Loyalty to country ALWAYS. Loyalty to government, when it deserves it.”
“There are several good protections against temptation, but the surest is cowardice.”
“I didn't have time to write a short letter, so I wrote a long one instead.”
“Wrinkles should merely indicate where smiles have been.”
“Actually, he was dead already. You didn't have to shoot him. It was a perfectly ordinary death.”
“I have never let my schooling interfere with my education.”
“The reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated.”
“If you don't read the newspaper, you're uninformed. If you read the newspaper, you're misinformed.”
“Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.”
“Work is a necessary evil to be avoided.”
“It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog.”
“Never let333 your schooling interfere with your education.”
“The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why.”
“The only way to start is to start.”
“Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.”
“Loyalty to the nation all the time, loyalty to the government when it deserves it.”
“Never allow someone to be your priority while allowing yourself to be their option.”
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