It takes me a long time to lose my temper, but once lost I could not find it with a dog. — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
“He said if he ever got out this time he wouldn’t ever be a prisoner again, not for a salary.” — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
What is human life? The first third a good time; the rest remembering about it. — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
I didn't have time to write a short letter, so I wrote a long one instead. — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
When your opinions start to coincide with those of the majority, it is time to reconsider your opinions. — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
What a man wants with religion in these breadless times, surpasses my comprehension. — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
Is the human race a joke? Was it devised and patched together in a dull time when there was nothing important to… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
Jim said that bees won't sting idiots, but I didn't believe that, because I tried them lots of times myself and they… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
I admire him, I frankly confess it; and when his time is come I shall buy a piece of the rope for… — 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
“When the end of the world comes, I want to be in Cincinnati because it's always 20 years behind the times.” — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
“The reign of Edward VI was a singularly merciful one for those harsh times. Now that we are taking leave of him… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
“Each time in fiction or in history I meet a well-defined personality I am personally interested in him, for we know each… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
It takes some little time to accept and realize the fact that while you have been growing old, your friends have not… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
This autobiography of mine is a mirror, and I am looking at myself in it all the time. Incidentally I notice the… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
If there is one thing that is really cheerful in the world, it is cheerfulness. I have noticed it often. And I… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
“Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and today -- all without seeing him. It is a long time to be alone; still, it is better… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
It was on the 10th day of May - 1884 - that I confessed to age by mounting spectacles for the first… — 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
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
“A feud is this way: A man has a quarrel with another man, and kills him; then that other man's brother kills… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
We are always too busy for our children; we never give them the time or interest they deserve. We lavish gifts upon… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
“And went on thinking. And got to thinking over our trip down the river; and I see Jim before me all the… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
The Germans have an inhuman way of cutting up their verbs. Now a verb has a hard time enough of it in… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
“A man who is not born with the novel-writing gift has a troublesome time of it when he tries to build a… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
If you want to change the future, you must change what you're doing in the present. — 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
Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it. — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
But the elastic heart of youth cannot be compressed into one constrained shape long at a time. — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
“Well, there are times when one would like to hang the whole human race and finish the farce.” — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
“I don't have time to write you a short letter, so I'm writing you a long one instead.” — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A person who lives fully is prepared to die at any moment. — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
“there ain't no better way to put in time when you are lonesome; you can't stay so, you soon get over it.” — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
When everyone is looking for gold, it's a good time to be in the pick and shovel business. — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect. — 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
