I try never to let my schooling get in the way of my education. — Mark Twain Education Copy Share Image
All good things arrive unto them that wait - and don't die in the meantime. — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
for business reasons, I must preserve the outward signs of sanity. — Mark Twain Business Copy Share Image
I admire the serene assurance of those who have religious faith. It is wonderful to observe the calm confidence of a Christian… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
Genius, like gold and precious stones, is chiefly prized because of its rarity. — Mark Twain Genius Copy Share Image
I like a thin book because it will Steady a Table, a leather volume because it will Strop a Razor, and a… — Mark Twain Book Copy Share Image
A lie can make it half way around the world before the truth has time to put its boots on. — Mark Twain Around the world Copy Share Image
I never smoke to excess - that is, I smoke in moderation, only one cigar at a time. — Mark Twain Cigar Copy Share Image
“The difference between the right word and the nearly right word is the same as that between lightning and the lightning bug.” — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
I would rather have my ignorance than another man's knowledge, because I have so much of it. — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
In the Spring, I have counted 136 different kinds of weather inside of 24 hours. — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
If you are with the quality, or at a funeral, or trying to go to sleep when you ain't sleepy - if… — Mark Twain Funeral Copy Share Image
“I have no special regard for Satan; but I can at least claim that I have no prejudice against him. It may… — Mark Twain Religion Copy Share Image
“We said there warn't no home like a raft, after all. Other places do seem so cramped up and smothery, but a… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
Cooper's art has some defects. In one place in 'Deerslayer,' and in the restricted space of two-thirds of a page, Cooper has… — Mark Twain Art Copy Share Image
But it was ever thus, all through my life: whenever I have diverged from custom and principle and uttered a truth, the… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
Suddenly the nickel-clad horse takes the bit in its mouth and goes slanting for the curbstone defying all prayers and all your… — Mark Twain Bicycle Copy Share Image
But in this country we have one great privilege which they don't have in other countries. When a thing gets to be… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
I cannot see how a man of any large degree of humorous perception can ever be religious - unless he purposely shut… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
“But the teller of the comic story does not slur the nub; he shouts it at you—every time. And when he prints… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
“Now the way that the book winds up is this: Tom and me found the money that the robbers hid in the… — Mark Twain Books Copy Share Image
In my schoolboy days I had no aversion to slavery. I was not aware there was anything wrong about it. No-one arraigned… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
When you got to the table you couldn't go right to eating, but you had to wait for the widow to tuck… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
What is it that strikes a spark of humor from a man? It is the effort to throw off, to fight back… — Mark Twain Bounds Copy Share Image
I have no liking for novels or stories - none in the world; and so, whenever I read one - which is… — Mark Twain Book Copy Share Image
Missionarying was a better thing in those days than it is in ours. All you had to do was to cure the… — Mark Twain Children Copy Share Image
“O Lord our Father, our young patriots, idols of our hearts, go forth to battle -- be Thou near them! With them… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear. — Mark Twain Absence Copy Share Image
