Mark Twain Quotes
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All creatures kill-there seems to be no exception; but of the whole list, man is the only one that kills for fun; he is the only one that kills in malice, the only one that kills for revenge.
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All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence, and then success is sure.
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Lord save us all from old age and broken health and a hope tree that has lost the faculty of putting out blossoms.
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The educated Southerner has no use for an 'r', except at the beginning of a word.
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An injurious lie is an uncommendable thing; and so, also, and in the same degree, is an injurious truth-a fact that is recognized by the law of libel.
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You don't know about me without you have read a book by the name of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer; but that ain't no matter. That book was made by Mr. Mark Twain, and he told the truth, mainly. There was things which he stretched, but mainly he told the truth.
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A gifted person ought to learn English (barring spelling and pronouncing) in thirty hours, French in thirty days, and German in thirty years.
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Go to Heaven for the climate, Hell for the company.
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But the truth is, that when a Library expels a book of mine and leaves an unexpurgated Bible lying around where unprotected youth and age can get hold of it, the deep unconscious irony of it delights me and doesn't anger me.
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You can't depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus.
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An unpopular opinion concerning politics or religion lies concealed in the breast of every man; in many cases not only one sample, but several. The more intelligent the man, the larger the freightage of this kind of opinions he carries, and keeps to himself.
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There is no distinctly American criminal class - except Congress.
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France has usually been governed by prostitutes.
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Loyalty to the Nation all the time, loyalty to the Government when it deserves it.
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The wit knows that his place is at the tail of a procession.
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It is a pity we can't escape from life when we are young.
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It may be called the Master Passion-the hunger for Self-Approval.
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Laws are sand, customs are rock. Laws can be evaded and punishment escaped, but an openly transgressed custom brings sure punishment.
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The Public is merely a multiplied 'me.'
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It is just like man's vanity and impertinence to call an animal dumb because it is dumb to his dull perceptions.
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Truth is mighty and will prevail. There is nothing wrong with this, except that it ain't so.
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We believe that out of the public school grows the greatness of a nation.
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'In God We Trust.' It is the choicest compliment that has ever been paid us, and the most gratifying to our feelings. It is simple, direct, gracefully phrased: it always sounds well - In God We Trust. I don't believe it would sound any better if it were true. And in a measure it is true - half the nation trusts in Him. That half has decided it.
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All right, then, I'll go to hell.