Mark Twain Quotes
It is noble to teach oneself, but still nobler to teach others - - And less trouble. - Speech, 1906.Mark Twain
It usually takes more than three weeks to prepare a good impromptu speech.Mark Twain
One of the most striking differences between a cat and a lie is that a cat has only nine lives.Mark Twain
Principles have no real force except when one is well - Fed.Mark Twain
Training is everything. The peach was once a bitter almond cauliflower is nothing but cabbage with a college education.Mark Twain
I have a prejudice against people who print things in a foreign language and add no translation. When I am the reader, and the other considers me able to do the translating myself, he pays me the quite a nice compliment - - But if he would do the translating for me I would try to get along without the compliment. A Tramp Abroad, 1880.Mark Twain
I thoroughly disapprove of duels. If a man should challenge me, I would take him kindly and forgivingly by the hand and lead him to a quiet place and kill him.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
In the first place, God made idiots. That was for practice. Then he made school boards.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
Time cools, time clarifies; no mood can be maintained quite unaltered through the course of hours.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
The universal brotherhood of man is our most precious possession.Mark Twain
I admire the serene assurance of those who have religious faith. It is wonderful to observe the calm confidence of a Christian with four aces.Mark Twain
I did it partly because it was worth it, but mostly because I shall never have to do it again.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
Everything has its limit - - Iron ore cannot be educated into gold. - 1906.Mark Twain
We should be careful to get out of an experience only the wisdom that is in it - And stop there lest we be like the cat that sits down on a hot stove - Lid. She will never sit down on a hot stove - Lid again - And that is well but also she will never sit down on a cold one anymore.Mark Twain
Friendship is the marriage of the soul, and this marriage is liable to divorce.Mark Twain
Kindness is a language which the deaf can hear, and the blind can read.Mark Twain
Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society.Mark Twain
Drag your thoughts away from your troubles.. by the ears, by the heels, or any other way you can manage it.Mark Twain
It is discouraging to try and penetrate a mind like yours. You ought to get it out and dance on it. That would take some of the rigidity out of it.Mark Twain
When we remember we are all mad, the mysteries disappear and life stands explained.Mark Twain
We should be careful to get out of an experience only the wisdom that is in it - - And stop there; lest we be like the cat that sits down on a hot stove lid. She will never sit on a hot stove lid again - - And that is well; but also she will never sit down on a cold one anymore.Mark Twain
When angry, count four; when very angry, swear.Mark Twain
Soap and education are not as sudden as a massacre but they are more deadly in the long run.Mark Twain
Golf is a good walk spoiled.Mark Twain
What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight, what counts is the size of the fight in the dog.Mark Twain
When I was younger, I could remember anything, whether it had happened or not.Mark Twain
Part of the secret of success in life is to eat what you like and let the food fight it out inside.Mark Twain
Few things are harder to put up with than the annoyance of a good example.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 spent most of my time worrying about thigs that have never happened.Mark Twain
We are always too busy for our children; we never give them the time or interest they deserve. We lavish gifts upon them; but the most precious gift, our personal association, which means so much to them, we give grudgingly.Mark Twain
There is no distinctly native American criminal class except Congress.Mark Twain
