Mark Twain Quotes
Education: that which reveals to the wise, and conceals from the stupid, the vast limits of their knowledge.Mark Twain
When in doubt, tell the truth.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
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
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
Time cools, time clarifies no mood can be maintained quite unaltered through the course of hours.Mark Twain
Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear - Not absence of fear.Mark Twain
I am an old man and have a great many troubles, But most of them never happened.Mark Twain
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 a man.Mark Twain
There is no sadder sight than a young pessimist.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 examined the subject of humor until now. I am surprised to find how much ground it covers. I have got its divisions and frontiers down on a piece of paper. I find it defined as a production of the brain, as the power of the brain to produce something humorous, and the capacity of percieving humor.Mark Twain
I never could tell a lie that anybody would doubt, nor a truth that anybody would believe.Mark Twain
Do the thing you fear most and the death of fear is certain.Mark Twain
It is better to deserve honors and not have them than to have them and not to deserve them.Mark Twain
Friendship is the marriage of the soul, and this marriage is liable to divorce.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
Principles have no real force except when one is well fed.Mark Twain
Man will do many things to get himself loved he will do all things to get himself envied.Mark Twain
You cannot depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus.Mark Twain
One of the most striking differences between a cat and a lie is that a cat has only nine lives.Mark Twain
Man is the only animal that blushes - - Or needs to.Mark Twain
Familiarity breeds contempt - And children.Mark Twain
When I was a child people simply looked about them and were moderately happy today they peer beyond the seven seas, bury themselves waist deep in tidings, and by and large what they see and hear makes them unutterably sad.Mark Twain
It usually takes more than three weeks to prepare a good impromptu speech.Mark Twain
The best cure for Christianity is reading the Bible.Mark Twain
Behold, the fool saith, Put not all thine eggs in the one basket, - - which is but a manner of saying, Scatter your money and your attention, but the wise man saith, Put all your eggs in the one basket and - - watch that basket.Mark Twain
Providence protects children and idiots. I know because I have tested it.Mark Twain
There is no sadder sight than a young pessimist, except an old optimist.Mark Twain
It is better to deserve honors and not have them than to have them and not deserve them.Mark Twain
Reader, suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress. But I repeat myself.Mark Twain
Many a small thing has been made large by the right kind of advertising.Mark Twain
Sacred cows make the best hamburger.Mark Twain
Necessity is the mother of taking chances.Mark Twain
Work and play are words used to describe the same thing under differing conditions.Mark Twain
I never let schooling interfere with my education.Mark Twain
When angry, count four; when very angry, swear.Mark Twain
