Mark Twain Quotes
Eloquence is the essential thing in a speech, not information.Mark Twain
The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who cannot read them.Mark Twain
When a person cannot deceive himself the chances are against his being able to deceive other people.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
Facts are stubborn, but statistics are more pliable.Mark Twain
There is no sadder sight than a young pessimist, except an old optimist.Mark Twain
When I was younger, I could remember anything, whether it had happened or not.Mark Twain
I am an old man and have a great many troubles, But most of them never happened.Mark Twain
Everything has its limit - - Iron ore cannot be educated into gold. - 1906.Mark Twain
Principles have no real force except when one is well - Fed.Mark Twain
All schools, all colleges have two great functions to confer, and to conceal valuable knowledge. - Notebook, 1908.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
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
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
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
My mother had a great deal of trouble with me, but I think she enjoyed it.Mark Twain
The very ink with which history is written is merely fluid prejudice.Mark Twain
We all live in the protection of certain cowardices which we call our principles.Mark Twain
Most people are bothered by those passages of Scripture they do not understand, but the passages that bother me are those I do understand.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
To be good is noble, but to teach others how to be good is nobler - - And less trouble.Mark Twain
At the beginning of a great national change, the patriot is a scarce man: scorned, ridiculed and forgotten. When his cause succeeds, however, all men will join him, for then it costs nothing to be a patriot.Mark Twain
Against the assault of laughter, nothing can stand.Mark Twain
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.Mark Twain
When you cannot get a compliment any other way pay yourself one.Mark Twain
The first of April is the day we remember what we are the other 364 days of the year.Mark Twain
Some people get an eduction without going to college the rest get it after they get out.Mark Twain
A man cannot be comfortable without his own approval.Mark Twain
A man is accepted into church for what he believes - - And turned out for what he knows.Mark Twain
I am prepared to meet anyone, but whether anyone is prepared for the great ordeal of meeting me is another matter.Mark Twain
How come we rejoice at a birth and grieve at a funeral? It is because we are not the person involved.Mark Twain
A man who carries a cat by the tail learns something he can learn in no other way.Mark Twain
Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow - Mindedness.Mark Twain
Fame is a vapor; popularity an accident; the only earthly certainty is oblivion.Mark Twain
The right word may be effective, but no word was ever as effective as a rightly timed pause.Mark Twain
We owe a deep debt of gratitude to Adam, the first great benefactor of the human race: he brought death into the world.Mark Twain
