It shames the average man to be valued below his own estimate of his worth. — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
When it comes down to pure ornamental cursing, the native American is gifted above the sons of men. — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
In truth I care little about any party's politicsthe man behind it is the important thing. — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
To create man was a quaint and original idea, but to add the sheep was tautology. — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
To be satisfied with what one has; that is wealth. As long as one sorely needs a certain additional amount, that man… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
What is the chief end of man?-to get rich. In what way?-dishonestly if we can; honestly if we must. — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
Whatever thing men call great, look for it in Joan of Arc, and there you will find it. — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
The man who is ostentatious of his modesty is twin to the statue that wears a fig-leaf. — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
I don't know anything about this man. Anyhow, I only know two things about him. One is, he has never been in… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
Sum all the gifts that man is endowed with, and we give our greatest share of admiration to his energy. And today,… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
A man may plan as much as he wants to, but nothing of consequence is likely to come of it until the… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
It now seems plain to me that that theory ought to be vacated in favor of a new and truer one...the Descent… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
War talk by men who have been in a war is always interesting; whereas moon talk by a poet who has not… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
I have achieved my seventy years in the usual way, by sticking strictly to a scheme of life which would kill anybody… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
Love seems the swiftest, but it is the slowest of all growths. No man or woman really knows what perfect love is… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
I believe I have no prejudices whatsoever. All I need to know is that a man is a member of the human… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
It has been reported that I was seriously ill--it was another man; dying--it was another man; dead--the other man again...As far as… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
Thou shalt not commit adultry is a command which makes no distinction between the following persons. They are all required to obey… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
The true charm of pedestrianism does not lie in the walking, or in the scenery, but in the talking. The walking is… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
Habit is habit and not to be flung out of the window by any man, but coaxed downstairs a step at a… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
By reading keep in a state of excited igorance, like a blind man in a house afire; flounder around, immensely but unintelligently… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
A little more kindness, A little less speed, A little more giving, A little less greed, A little more smile, A little… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
A distinguished man should be as particular about his last words as he is about his last breath. He should write them… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
I repeat, sir, that in whatever position you place a woman she is an ornament to society and a treasure to the… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
A man has no business to be depressed by a disappointment, anyway; he ought to make up his mind to get even. — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
Don't you know that the very thing a man dreads is the thing that always happens? — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
The less a man knows the bigger the noise he makes and the higher the salary he commands. — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
Men are more compassionate/(nobler)/magnanimous/generous than God; for men forgive their dead, but God does not. — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
It is a worthy thing to fight for one's freedom; it is another sight finer to fight for another man's. — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
The only difference between a tax man and a taxidermist is that the taxidermist leaves the skin. — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
Censorship is telling a man he can't have a steak just because a baby can't chew it. — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
To arrive at a just estimate of a renowned man's character one must judge it by the standards of his time, not… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
A man is accepted into a church for what he believes and he is turned out for what he knows. — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
I wonder if God created man because He was disappointed with the monkey. — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
It is a solemn thought: dead, the noblest man's meat is inferior to pork. — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
In all my travels the thing that has impressed me the most is the universal brotherhood of man-what there is of it. — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
Man never creates, he only recombines the lines and colors of his own existance. — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
Man can seldom - very, very, seldom - fight a winning fight against his training; the odds are too heavy. — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
No sane man can be happy, for to him life is real, and he sees what a fearful thing it is. — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
I've come loaded with statistics, for I've noticed that a man can't prove anything without statistics. No man can. — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
Sing like no one's listening, love like you've never been hurt, dance like nobody's watching, and live like its heaven on earth. — Mark Twain Copy Share
If you had made the acquiring of ignorance the study of your life, you could not have graduated with higher honor than you could… — Mark Twain Copy Share
“The Creator sat upon the throne, thinking. Behind him stretched the illimitable continent of heaven, steeped in a glory of light and color; before… — Mark Twain Copy Share
A man accustomed to American food and American domestic cookery would not starve to death suddenly in Europe, but I think he would gradually… — Mark Twain Copy Share
I never write Metropolis for seven cents because I can get the same price for city. I never write policeman because I can get… — Mark Twain Copy Share
The higher animals get their teeth without pain or inconvenience. Man gets his through months and months of cruel torture; he will never get… — Mark Twain Copy Share
“As far as I can see, Italy, for fifteen hundred years, has turned all her energies, all her finances, and all her industry to… — Mark Twain Copy Share
Many public-school children seem to know only two dates—1492 and 4th of July; and as a rule they don't know what happened on either… — Mark Twain Copy Share
If we could imagine such a man, that is a man who could invent the fly and send him out on his mission and… — Mark Twain Copy Share
You perceive, now, that these things are all impossible except in a dream. You perceive that they are pure and puerile insanities, the silly… — Mark Twain Copy Share
Lord save us all from a hope tree that has lost the faculty of putting out blossoms. — Mark Twain Copy Share
