A sound heart is a surer guide than an ill-trained conscience. — Mark Twain Conscience Copy Share Image
Often it does seem a pity that Noah and his party did not miss the boat. — 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
“There are ten parts of speech and they are all troublesome.” — Mark Twain Communication Copy Share Image
That's the difference between governments and individuals. Governments don't care, individuals do. — Mark Twain Care Copy Share Image
Man is a Religious Animal. He is the only Religious Animal. He is the only animal that has the True Religion -… — Mark Twain Animal Copy Share Image
The only people that a bank will loan money to is the very people who don't need it. — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
It's easier to fool people than to convince them that they have been fooled. — Mark Twain Atheist Copy Share Image
“Of course, there are many rich men in the empire, but their money is buried, and they dress in rags and counterfeit… — Mark Twain Money Copy Share Image
When a man's dog turns against hime, it is time for his wife to pack her trunk and go home to mamma. — Mark Twain Dog Copy Share Image
To be good is noble; but to show others how to be good is nobler and no trouble. — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
“We had heard a world of talk about the marvellous beauty of Lake Tahoe, and finally curiosity drove us thither to see… — Mark Twain Beauty Copy Share Image
If there wasn't anything to find out, it would be dull. Even trying to find out and not finding out is just… — Mark Twain Discovery Copy Share Image
“In this life, Satan, but in another? We shall meet in another, surely?" Then, all tranquilly and soberly, he made the strange… — Mark Twain Life Copy Share Image
Inherently, each one of us has the substance within to achieve whatever our goals and dreams define. What is different for each… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
“In making this substitution I had drawn upon the wisdom of a very remote source—the wisdom of my boyhood—for the true statesman… — Mark Twain Wisdom Copy Share Image
When I was fourteen years old, I was amazed at how unintelligent my father was. By the time I turned twenty-one, I… — Mark Twain Age Copy Share Image
I was standing in our dining-room thinking of nothing in particular, when a cablegram was put into my hand. It said, 'Susy… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
As a thinker and planner the ant is the equal of any savage race of men; as a self-educated specialist in several… — Mark Twain Ants Copy Share Image
“I asked her if she reckoned Tom Sawyer would go there, and she said not by a considerable sight. I was glad… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
“A dog is "der Hund"; a woman is "die Frau"; a horse is "das Pferd"; now you put that dog in the… — Mark Twain German language Copy Share Image
“Look at the tyranny of party-- at what is called party allegiance, party loyalty-- a snare invented by designing men for selfish… — Mark Twain Communication Copy Share Image
“The country is the real thing, the substantial thing, the eternal thing; it is the thing to watch over, and care for,… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
Man is the only Patriot. He sets himself apart in his own country, under his own flag, and sneers at the other… — Mark Twain Assassins Copy Share Image
“A nation is only an individual multiplied. It makes plans and Circumstances comes and upsets them—or enlarges them. Some patriots throw the… — Mark Twain Circumstance Copy Share Image
The man who doesn't read good books has no advantage over the man who can't read them. It is said that leaders… — Mark Twain Advantage Copy Share Image
There are three infallible ways of pleasing an author, and the three form a rising scale of compliment: 1, to tell him… — Mark Twain Admiration Copy Share Image
“Eseldorf was a paradise for us boys. We were not overmuch pestered with schooling. Mainly we were trained to be good Christians;… — Mark Twain Christianity Copy Share Image
