“Profound silence; silence so deep that even their breathings were conspicuous in the hush.” — Mark Twain Silence Copy Share Image
Eternal rest sounds comforting in the pulpit; well, you try it once, and see how heavy time will hang on your hands. — Mark Twain Comforting Copy Share Image
In all the ages, three-fourths of the support of the great charities has been conscience money. — Mark Twain Age Copy Share Image
My books are water; those of great geniuses are wine everybody drinks water. — Mark Twain Book Copy Share Image
How easy it is to make people believe a lie, and [how] hard it is to undo that work again! — Mark Twain Atheist Copy Share Image
In prayer we call ourselves 'worms of the dust', but it is only on a sort of tacit understanding that the remark… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
It is an important thing, in our never-ending pursuit of happiness, to stop and just be happy for a while. — Mark Twain Happiness Copy Share Image
Behind every successful man, there is a woman - And behind every unsuccessful man, there are two. — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
“But it seems to be a law of human constitution that those that deserve shall not have and those that do not… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
The observance of Thanksgiving Day-as a function-has become general of late years. The Thankfulness is not so general. This is natural. Two-thirds… — Mark Twain Being thankful Copy Share Image
Concentration of power in a political machine is bad; and an Established Church is only a political machine; it was invented for… — Mark Twain Computers 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 Age Copy Share Image
The old man laughed loud and joyously, shook up the details of his anatomy from head to foot, and ended by saying… — Mark Twain Anatomy Copy Share Image
Some things you can't find out; but you will never know you can't by guessing and supposing: no, you have to be… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
“After supper she got out her book and learned me about Moses and the Bulrushers; and I was in a sweat to… — Mark Twain Books Copy Share Image
In the ancient city of London, on a certain autumn day in the second quarter of the sixteenth century, a boy was… — Mark Twain Ancient Copy Share Image
“it was as bright as glory, and you'd have a little glimpse of tree-tops a-plunging about away off yonder in the storm,… — Mark Twain Thunder Copy Share Image
“He has one code of morals for himself, and quite another for his children. He requires his children to deal justly—and gently—with… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
Protestant parents still keep a Bible handy in the house, so that the children can study it, and one of the first… — Mark Twain Bible Copy Share Image
“Now there you have a sample of man’s “reasoning powers,” as he calls them. He observes certain facts. For instance, that in… — Mark Twain Reasoning Copy Share Image
Leaving out the gamblers, the burglars, and the plumbers, perhaps we do put our trust in God after a fashion. But, after… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
There is in life only one moment and in eternity only one. It is so brief that it is represented by the… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
We are always more anxious to be distinguished for a talent which we do not possess, than to be praised for the… — Mark Twain Anxious Copy Share Image
“They had just docked in Greece and the passengers learned they would be quarantined and not be allowed to go ashore... "It… — Mark Twain Full moon Copy Share Image
It ain't those parts of the Bible that I can't understand that bother me, it is the parts that I do understand. — Mark Twain Bible Copy Share Image
When a humorist ventures upon the grave concerns of life he must do his job better than another man or he works… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
In the first place God made idiots. This was for practice. Then he made school boards — Mark Twain Education Copy Share Image
One must keep one's character. Earn a character first if you can, and if you can't, then assume one. — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
It is a gratification to me to know that I am ignorant of art... Because people who understand art find nothing in… — Mark Twain Art Copy Share Image
“When people do not respect us we are sharply offended; yet deep down in his private heart no man much respects himself.” — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
All people have had ill luck, but Jairus's daughter and Lazarus had the worst. — Mark Twain Daughter Copy Share Image
When a man arrives at great prosperity God did it: when he falls into disaster he did it himself. — Mark Twain Disaster Copy Share Image
Giving up smoking is the easiest thing in the world. I know because I've done it thousands of times. — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
You perceive I generalize with intrepidity from single instances. It is the tourist's custom. — Mark Twain Customs Copy Share Image
It is easier to manufacture seven facts out of whole cloth than one emotion. — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
New Year's Day - Now is the accepted time to make your regular annual good resolutions. Next week you can begin paving… — Mark Twain Christmas Copy Share Image
What, sir, would the people of the earth be without woman? They would be scarce, sir, almighty scarce. — Mark Twain Almighty Copy Share Image
Never put off till tomorrow what you can do day after tomorrow just as well. — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
Have a place for everything and keep the thing somewhere else. This is not advice, it is merely custom. — Mark Twain Advice Copy Share Image
What a wee little part of a person's life are his acts and his words! His real life is led in his… — Mark Twain Life Copy Share Image
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