Knowledge becomes wisdom only after it has been put to good use. — Mark Twain Conflict Copy Share Image
...one should be gentle with the ignorant, for they are the chosen of God. — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
Now, isn't imagination a precious thing? It peoples the earth with all manner of wonders... — Mark Twain Earth Copy Share Image
Success is a journey, not a destination. It requires constant effort, vigilance and reevaluation. — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
Honesty is often the best policy, but sometimes the appearance of it is worth six of it. — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
“she clung to him, she poured out her terrors, her unavailing regrets, and the far echoes turned them all to jeering laughter.” — Mark Twain Jeering Copy Share Image
High and fine literature is wine, and mine is only water; but everybody likes water. — Mark Twain Books Copy Share Image
“Summer is the time when it is too hot to do the job that it was too cold to do last winter.” — Mark Twain Flower Copy Share Image
When red-headed people are above a certain social grade their hair is auburn. — Mark Twain Auburn Copy Share Image
Laughter without a tinge of philosophy is but a sneeze of humor. Genuine humor is replete with wisdom. — Mark Twain Comedy Copy Share Image
“It is said, in this country, that if a man can arrange his religion so that it perfectly satisfies his conscience, it… — Mark Twain Conscience Copy Share Image
It's an epitome of life. The first half of it consists of the capacity to enjoy without the chance; the last half… — Mark Twain Birthday Copy Share Image
If I had been helping the Almighty when he created man, I would have had him begin at the other end, and… — Mark Twain Age Copy Share Image
“We have reached a little altitude where we may look down upon the Indian Thugs with a complacent shudder; and we may… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
“Then pretty soon Sherburn sort of laughed; not the pleasant kind, but the kind that makes you feel like when you are… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
The secret of getting ahead is getting started. The secret of getting started is breaking your complex overwhelming tasks into small manageable… — Mark Twain Getting ahead Copy Share Image
Everybody lies...every day, every hour, awake, asleep, in his dreams, in his joy, in his mourning. If he keeps his tongue still… — Mark Twain Attitude Copy Share Image
We were good boys, good Presbyterian boys, and loyal and all that; anyway, we were good Presbyterian boys when the weather was… — Mark Twain Boys Copy Share Image
Sometimes I lifted a chicken that warn't roosting comfortable, and took him along. Pap always said, take a chicken when you get… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
Man is a Religious Animal. He is the only Religious Animal. He is the only animal that has the True Religion--several of… — Mark Twain Animal Copy Share Image
“eggs." "You're a liar!" "You're another." "You're a fighting liar and dasn't take it up." "Aw—take a walk!" "Say—if you give me… — Mark Twain Liar Copy Share Image
“A God who could make good children as easily a bad, yet preferred to make bad ones; who could have made every… — Mark Twain Agnostic Copy Share Image
“And what does it amount to?" said Satan, with his evil chuckle. "Nothing at all. You gain nothing; you always come out… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
A private should preserve a respectful attitude toward his superiors, and should seldom or never proceed so far as to offer suggestions… — Mark Twain Advice Copy Share Image
“The gentle reader will never, never know what a consummate ass he can become until he goes abroad. I speak now, of… — Mark Twain Arrogance Copy Share Image
The law of God, as quite plainly expressed in woman's construction is this: There shall be no limit put upon your intercourse… — Mark Twain Absence Copy Share Image
My mother had a great deal of trouble with me, but I think she enjoyed it. — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
When I was younger I could remember anything, whether it happened or not. — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
