Mark Twain Quotes
Some people get an eduction without going to college the rest get it after they get out.Mark Twain
There is no sadder sight than a young pessimist.Mark Twain
Tomorrow night I appear for the first time before a Boston audience of 4000 critics.Mark Twain
Man is the only animal that blushes - - Or needs to.Mark Twain
Adam and Eve had many advantages, but the principle one was that they escaped teething.Mark Twain
Get your facts first, then you can distort them as you please.Mark Twain
The proper office of a friend is to side with you when you are wrong. Nearly anybody will side with you when you are right.Mark Twain
Eloquence is the essential thing in a speech, not information.Mark Twain
Let us not be too particular; it is better to have old secondhand diamonds than none at all.Mark Twain
So far as I am able to judge, nothing has been left undone, either by man or nature, to make India the most extraordinary country that the sun visits on his rounds. Nothing seems to have been forgotten, nothing overlooked.Mark Twain
Forgiveness is the fragrance the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it.Mark Twain
If we had less statemanship we could get along with fewer battleships.Mark Twain
Education consists mainly in what we have unlearned. - Notebook, 1898.Mark Twain
It could probably be show by facts and figures that there is no distinctively native American criminal class except Congress.Mark Twain
Those who say truth is stranger than fiction have wasted their time on poorly written fiction.Mark Twain
Whenever you find that you are on the side of the majority, it is time to reform.Mark Twain
I did not attend his funeral, but I wrote a nice letter saying I approved it.Mark Twain
It usually takes more than three weeks to prepare a good impromptu speech.Mark Twain
When I was fourteen, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have him around. When I got to be twenty - One, I was astonished at how much he had learned in seven years.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
One of the most striking differences between a cat and a lie is that a cat has only nine lives.Mark Twain
I am opposed to millionaires, but it would be dangerous to offer me the position.Mark Twain
In Paris they simply stared when I spoke to them in French; I never did succeed in making those idiots understand their language.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
When one has tasted watermelon he knows what the angels eat.Mark Twain
Sacred cows make the best hamburger.Mark Twain
There are times when one would like to end the whole human race, and finish the farce.Mark Twain
It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt.Mark Twain
You cannot depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus.Mark Twain
Necessity is the mother of taking chances.Mark Twain
There are times when one would like to hang the whole human race and finish the farce.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 of them.Mark Twain
I have never taken any exercise except sleeping and resting.Mark Twain
Education: that which reveals to the wise, and conceals from the stupid, the vast limits of their knowledge.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
Be careful about reading health books. You may die of a misprint.Mark Twain
A lie can travel halfway round the world while the truth is putting on its shoes.Mark Twain
