I do not like an injurious lie, except when it injures somebody else. — Mark Twain Lying Copy Share Image
I could be an idiot, or I can serve in Congress, but I repeat myself. — Mark Twain Congress Copy Share Image
He [George Washington Cable] has taught me to abhor and detest the Sabbath day and hunt up new and troublesome ways to… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
Dying man couldn't make up his mind which place to go to-both have their advantages, heaven for the climate, hell for the… — Mark Twain Advantage Copy Share Image
There are only two forces that can carry light to all the corners of the globe... the sun in the heavens and… — Mark Twain Business Copy Share Image
When one reads Bibles, one is less surprised at what the Deity knows than at what He doesn't know. — Mark Twain Atheism Copy Share Image
“True love is the only heart disease that is best left to "run on"--the only affection of the heart for which there… — Mark Twain Heart disease Copy Share Image
An enemy can partly ruin a man, but it takes a good-natured injudicious friend to complete the thing and make it perfect. — Mark Twain Enemy Copy Share Image
It is not worth while to strain one's self to tell the truth to people who habitually discount everything you tell them,… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
Laughter is the greatest weapon we have and we, as humans, use it the least. — Mark Twain Comedy Copy Share Image
Even popularity can be overdone. In Rome, along at first, you are full of regrets that Michelangelo died; but by and by,… — Mark Twain Artist Copy Share Image
The easy part of being an artist is figuring out the message that everyone else is ready to hear. The hard part… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
The difference between the almost right word and the right word is really a large matter - 'tis the difference between the… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
I speak French with timidity, and not flowingly--except when excited. When using that language I have often noticed that I have hardly… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
What a lumbering poor vehicle prose is for the conveying of a great thought! ... Prose wanders around with a lantern &… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
There are some natures which never grow large enough to speak out and say a bad act is a bad act, until… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
“The highest perfection of politeness is only a beautiful edifice, built, from the base to the dome, of graceful and gilded forms… — Mark Twain Beauty Copy Share Image
No one is sane, straight along, year in and year out, and we all know it. Our insanities are of varying sorts,… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
“I've just come to my room, Livy darling, I guess this was the memorable night of my life. By George, I never… — Mark Twain Admiration Copy Share Image
“Hang the boy, can't I never learn anything? Ain't he played tricks on me enough like that for me to be looking… — Mark Twain Children Copy Share Image
“Take an instance: the removal of the motto [In God We Trust] fetched out a clamor from the pulpit; little groups and… — Mark Twain Christian community Copy Share Image
“There are two kinds of patriotism -- monarchical patriotism and republican patriotism. In the one case the government and the king may… — Mark Twain Patriotism Copy Share Image
It was in 1590--winter. Austria was far away from the world, and asleep; it was still the Middle Ages in Austria, and… — Mark Twain Age Copy Share Image
We catched fish, and talked, and we took a swim now and then to keep off sleepiness. It was kind of solemn,… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
All men have heard of the Mormon Bible, but few except the "elect" have seen it, or, at least, taken the trouble… — Mark Twain Affair Copy Share Image
“One was a woman in a slim black dress, belted small under the armpits, with bulges like a cabbage in the middle… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
I respect a man who knows how to spell a word more than one way. — Mark Twain Inspiration Copy Share Image
Politicians, old buildings, and prostitutes become respectable with age. — Mark Twain Age Copy Share Image
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