I am an old man and have known a great many troubles, but most of them never happened. — Mark Twain Great man Copy Share Image
The joy of killing! the joy of seeing killing done - these are traits of the human race at large. — 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
Morals are an acquirement - like music, like a foreign language, like piety, poker, paralysis - no man is born with them. — Mark Twain Character Copy Share Image
Italy is the home of art and swindling; home of religion and moral rottenness — Mark Twain Art Copy Share Image
“Whenever you find that you are on the side of the majority, it is time to reform — (or pause and reflect).” — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
“There are men who cannot hear animals," he said. "And then there are men who cannot hear anything at all.” — Mark Twain Animals Copy Share Image
Dont go around saying the world owes you a living,the world owes you nothing because it was here first — Mark Twain Life Copy Share Image
It was in Warwick Castle that I came across the curious stranger whom I am going to talk about. He attracted me… — Mark Twain Ancient Copy Share Image
In a good bookroom you feel in some mysterious way that you are absorbing the wisdom contained in all the books through… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
“I find that, as a rule, when a thing is a wonder to us it is not because of what we see… — Mark Twain Curiosity Copy Share Image
Start it at no particular time of your life; wander at your free will all over your life; talk only about the… — Mark Twain Free will Copy Share Image
“Emperors, kings, artisians, peasens, big people---at the bottom we are all alike and all the same; all just alike on the inside,… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear-not absence of fear. Except a creature be part coward it is not a compliment… — Mark Twain Absence Copy Share Image
Peace by persuasion has a pleasant sound, but I think we should not be able to work it. We should have to… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
The Koran does not permit Mohammedans to drink. Their natural instincts do not permit them to be moral. They say the Sultan… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
“men's misfortunes are forgotten in the excitement of new enterprises. This” — Mark Twain Business Copy Share Image
In the first place, God made idiots. That was for practice. Then he made school boards. — Mark Twain Education Copy Share Image
Hero: Person in a book who does things which he can't and girl marries him for it. — Mark Twain Book Copy Share Image
It was wonderful to find America, but it would have been more wonderful to miss it. — Mark Twain America Copy Share Image
Our lives, our liberty, and our property are never in greater danger than when Congress is in session. — Mark Twain Congress Copy Share Image
Facts, or what a man believes to be facts, are always delightful - Get your facts first, and - then you can… — Mark Twain Speech Copy Share Image
“How blind and unreasoning and arbitrary are some of the laws of nature - the most of them, in fact!” — Mark Twain Blind Copy Share Image
He does not care for flowers. Calls them rubbish, and cannot tell one from another, and thinks it is superior to feel… — Mark Twain Care Copy Share Image
Until I came to New Mexico, I never realized how much beauty water adds to a river. — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
Under certain circumstances, profanity provides a relief denied even to prayer. — Mark Twain Atheism Copy Share Image
“Jim he couldn't see no sense in the most of it, but he allowed we was white folks and knowed better than… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
A lie can travel half-way around the world, while the truth is still putting on it's shoes. — Mark Twain Around the world Copy Share Image
How lucky Adam was. He knew when he said a good thing, nobody had said it before. — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
The good Lord didn't create anything without a purpose, but the fly comes close. — Mark Twain Creativity Copy Share Image
The most successful people are those who do all year long what they would otherwise do on their summer vacation. — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
A dream...I was trying to explain to St. Peter, and was doing it in the German tongue, because I didn't want to… — Mark Twain Dream Copy Share Image
There's always something about your success that displeases even your best friends. — Mark Twain Best friend Copy Share Image
The first half of life consists of the capacity to enjoy without the chance; the last half of life consists of the… — Mark Twain Chance Copy Share Image
...mastery of the art and spirit of the Germanic language enables a man to travel all day in one sentence without changing… — Mark Twain Art Copy Share Image
Trust based on honesty is the foundation of strong and bonding relationships. Lead an honest and happy life. — Mark Twain Being strong Copy Share Image
A powerful agent is the right word: it lights the reader's way and makes it plain. — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
“There have been daring people in the world who claimed that Fenimore Cooper could write English, but they are all dead now.” — Mark Twain Bad reviews Copy Share Image
There are only two types of speakers in the world. 1. The nervous and 2. Liars. — Mark Twain Liars Copy Share Image
When one's character begins to fall under suspicion and disfavor, how swift, then, is the work of disintegration and destruction. — Mark Twain Atheism Copy Share Image
