Only when a republic's life is in danger should a man uphold his government when it is wrong. There is no other… — Mark Twain Danger Copy Share Image
Who would find out that I am a natural fool if I kept always cool and never let nature come to the… — Mark Twain Fool Copy Share Image
Life becomes fully understandable only the moment we realise that we are all mad. — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
I never write "metropolis" for seven cents when I can write "city" and get paid the same. — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
“They did not know that the quicker a fresh-water fish is on the fire after he is caught the better he is;” — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
There is no unhappiness like the misery of sighting land again after a cheerful, careless voyage. — Mark Twain Bigotry Copy Share Image
Two days overdue, THE WORLD'S WORK has not reached me. Pray make a note of this. I would rather not have to… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
I am an anti-imperialist. I am opposed to having the eagle put its talons on any other land. — Mark Twain American imperialism Copy Share Image
But I reckon I got to light out for the Territory ahead of therest, because Aunt Sally she's going to adopt me… — Mark Twain 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 Church Copy Share Image
“T[he rules of writing] require that the personages in a tale shall be alive, except in the case of corpses, and that… — Mark Twain Books Copy Share Image
As for the dinosaur - But Noah's conscience was easy; it was not named in his cargo list and he and the… — Mark Twain America Copy Share Image
I have not professionally dealt in truth. Many when they come to die have spent all the truth that was in them,… — Mark Twain Astonishment Copy Share Image
The perfection of wisdom, and the end of true philosophy is to proportion our wants to our possessions, our ambitions to our… — Mark Twain Ambition Copy Share Image
There are no standards of taste in wine... Each man's own taste is the standard, and a majority vote cannot decide for… — Mark Twain Cooking Copy Share Image
I was warned to stop smoking, which I did, for two or three days, but it was too lonesome, and I have… — Mark Twain Balance Copy Share Image
Once you've put one of his [Henry James] books down, you simply can't pick it up again. — Mark Twain Book Copy Share Image
Braveness is resistance to concern, mastery of panic - not absense of anxiety. — Mark Twain Anxiety Copy Share Image
The Christian's Bible is a drug store. Its contents remain the same, but the medical practice changes. — Mark Twain Bible Copy Share Image
More than two hundred death penalties are gone from the law books, but the [biblical] texts that authorised them remain. — Mark Twain Bible Copy Share Image
All I say is, kings is kings, and you got to make allowances. Take them all around, they're a mighty ornery lot.… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
India has 2,000,000 gods and worships them all. In religion, all other countries are paupers; India is the only millionaire. — Mark Twain Gods Copy Share Image
Lord save us all from a hope tree that has lost the faculty of putting out blossoms. — Mark Twain Blossoms Copy Share Image
The smallest minds and the selfishest souls and the cowardliest hearts that God makes. — Mark Twain Congress Copy Share Image
The unexamined life may not be worth living, but the life too closely examined may not be lived at all. — Mark Twain Life Copy Share Image
“Fainali, xen, aafte sam 20 iers ov orxogrefkl riform, wi wud hev a lojikl, kohirnt speling in ius xrewawt xe Ingliy-spiking werld.” — Mark Twain Amor Copy Share Image
Always acknowledge a fault. This will throw those in authority off their guard and give you an opportunity to commit more. — Mark Twain Achievement Copy Share Image
But soft you, the fair Ophelia: Ope not thy ponderous and marble jaws, But get thee to a nunnery - go! — Mark Twain Fair 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
In the Spring, I have counted 136 different kinds of weather inside of 24 hours. — 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
Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
It used to be a good hotel, but that proves nothing - I used to be a good boy. — Mark Twain Boys Copy Share Image
Shut the door not that it lets in the cold but that it lets out the coziness. — Mark Twain Cold Copy Share Image
I have never taken any exercise, except sleeping and resting, and I never intend to take any. — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
When we remember we are all mad, the mysteries disappear and life stands explained. — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
It is at our mother's knee that we acquire our noblest and truest and highest ideals. — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
The happy phrasing of a compliment is one of the rarest of human gifts, and the happy delivery of it another. — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
I can't do no literary work for the rest of this year because I'm meditating another lawsuit and looking around for a… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
The worst thing you can do to a man is to tell him he can have what he wants. — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
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