There is nothing that saps one's confidence as the knowing how to do a thing — Mark Twain Confidence Copy Share Image
He is useless on top of the ground; he ought to be under it, inspiring the cabbages. — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
I suppose, just as an honest man in politics shines more than he would elsewhere. — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
Heaven goes by favor; If it went on merit, you would stay out and your dog would go in. — Mark Twain Dog lover Copy Share Image
Don't wake up a woman in love. Let her dream, so that she does not weep when she returns to her bitter… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
There comes a time in every rightly constructed boy's life that he has a raging desire to go somewhere and dig for… — Mark Twain Boys Copy Share Image
To succeed in the other trades, capacity must be shown; in the law, concealment of it will do. — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
“I am prepared to meet anyone, but whether anyone is prepared for the great ordeal of meeting me is another matter” — Mark Twain Ordeal Copy Share Image
Man has imagined a heaven, and has left entirely out of it the supremest of all his delights...sexual intercourse!...His heaven is like… — Mark Twain Delight 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
“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
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
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
I admire the serene assurance of those who have religious faith. It is wonderful to observe the calm confidence of a Christian… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
I like a thin book because it will Steady a Table, a leather volume because it will Strop a Razor, and a… — Mark Twain Book Copy Share Image
Genius, like gold and precious stones, is chiefly prized because of its rarity. — Mark Twain Genius Copy Share Image
A lie can make it half way around the world before the truth has time to put its boots on. — Mark Twain Around the world Copy Share Image
I never smoke to excess - that is, I smoke in moderation, only one cigar at a time. — Mark Twain Cigar Copy Share Image
You have heretofore found out, by my teachings, that man is a fool; you are now aware that woman is a damned… — Mark Twain Education Copy Share Image
We should be careful to get out of an experience only the wisdom that is in it - and stop there. — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
“Each place has its own advantages - heaven for the climate, and hell for the society.” — Mark Twain Environment Copy Share Image
I have found out that there ain't no surer way to find out whether you like people or hate them than to… — Mark Twain Hate Copy Share Image
“Let us endeavor so to live that when we come to die even the undertaker will be sorry. —Pudd'nhead Wilson's Calendar” — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
One may make their house a palace of sham, or they can make it a home, a refuge. — Mark Twain Home Copy Share Image
The trouble ain't that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain't distributed right. — Mark Twain Lightning Copy Share Image
Sing like no one's listening, love like you've never been hurt, dance like nobody's watching, and live like its heaven on earth. — Mark Twain Communication Copy Share Image
At 50, a man can be an ass without being an optimist but not an optimist without being an ass — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
All religions issue bibles again Satan, and say the most injurious things against him, but we never hear his side. — Mark Twain Christianity Copy Share Image
It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog. — Mark Twain Dog Copy Share Image
There is nothing so annoying as having two people talking when you're busy interrupting. — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
It is not in the least likely that any life has ever been lived which was not a failure in the secret… — Mark Twain Failure Copy Share Image
More than once I had seen a noble who had gotten his enemy at a disadvantage stop to pray before cutting his… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
Life ain't about how fast you run or how high you climb, It's all about how good you bounce. A man cannot… — Mark Twain Approval Copy Share Image
Kindness is a language which the deaf can hear and the and the blind can see — Mark Twain Blind Copy Share Image
“ADOBE GARAMOND DISPLAY: AKZIDENZ GROTESK COMPOSITOR: INTEGRATED COMPOSITION SYSTEMS, INC. PRINTER AND BINDER: THOMSON-” — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
There is nothing in the world like persuasive speech to fuddle the mental apparatus. — Mark Twain Communication Copy Share Image
There is something fascinating about science. One gets such wholesale returns of conjecture out of such a trifling investment of fact. — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
