--- title: "4 Boxes Quotes By Mark Twain" description: "4 Boxes quotes by Mark Twain. Plus more from Mark Twain and more Boxes sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6a4/mark-twain-22_belly_when-there-was-room-on-the-ledge-outside_1102133.png" --- > [When there was room on the ledge outside of the pots and boxes for a cat, the cat was there- in sunny…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-twain/when-there-was-room-on-the-ledge-outside-of-the-pots-and-boxes-for-a/) [Mark Twain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-twain/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6a4/mark-twain-22_belly_when-there-was-room-on-the-ledge-outside_1102133.png) > [But in this country we have one great privilege which they don't have in other countries. When a thing gets to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-twain/but-in-this-country-we-have-one-great-privilege-which-they-don-t-have/) [Mark Twain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-twain/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/54e/mark-twain-22_assets_but-in-this-country-we-have-one-great-pr_1628846.png) > [The true and lasting genius of humour does not drag you thus to boxes labelled 'pathos,' 'humour,' and show you all the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-twain/the-true-and-lasting-genius-of-humour-does-not-drag-you-thus-to-boxes/) [Mark Twain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-twain/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0db/mark-twain-22_boxes_the-true-and-lasting-genius-of-humour-do_1655851.jpg) > [The cigar-box which the European calls a 'lift' needs but to be compared with our elevators to be appreciated. The lift stops…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-twain/the-cigar-box-which-the-european-calls-a-lift-needs-but-to-be/) [Mark Twain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-twain/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/756/mark-twain-22_appreciated_the-cigar-box-which-the-european-calls-a_2333050.jpg) ## Other authors on Boxes ## More by Mark Twain > [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-twain/sing-like-no-one-s-listening-love-like-you-ve-never-been-hurt-dance/) [Mark Twain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-twain/) > [If you had made the acquiring of ignorance the study of your life, you could not have graduated with higher honor than you could…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-twain/if-you-had-made-the-acquiring-of-ignorance-the-study-of-your-life-you/) [Mark Twain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-twain/) > [“The Creator sat upon the throne, thinking. Behind him stretched the illimitable continent of heaven, steeped in a glory of light and color; before…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-twain/the-creator-sat-upon-the-throne-thinking-behind-him-stretched-the/) [Mark Twain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-twain/) > [It's easy to quit smoking. I've done it hundreds of times.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-twain/it-s-easy-to-quit-smoking-i-ve-done-it-hundreds-of-times/) [Mark Twain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-twain/) > [“It is never wrong to do the right thing.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-twain/it-is-never-wrong-to-do-the-right-thing/) [Mark Twain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-twain/) > [A man accustomed to American food and American domestic cookery would not starve to death suddenly in Europe, but I think he would gradually…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-twain/a-man-accustomed-to-american-food-and-american-domestic-cookery-would/) [Mark Twain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-twain/) > [There is nothing training can't cannot do. Nothing is above its reach.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-twain/there-is-nothing-training-can-t-cannot-do-nothing-is-above-its-reach/) [Mark Twain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-twain/) > [I never write Metropolis for seven cents because I can get the same price for city. I never write policeman because I can get…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-twain/i-never-write-metropolis-for-seven-cents-because-i-can-get-the-same/) [Mark Twain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-twain/) > [The higher animals get their teeth without pain or inconvenience. Man gets his through months and months of cruel torture; he will never get…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-twain/the-higher-animals-get-their-teeth-without-pain-or-inconvenience-man/) [Mark Twain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-twain/) > [“As far as I can see, Italy, for fifteen hundred years, has turned all her energies, all her finances, and all her industry to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-twain/as-far-as-i-can-see-italy-for-fifteen-hundred-years-has-turned-all/) [Mark Twain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-twain/) > [Begin with the determination to succeed and the work is half done already.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-twain/begin-with-the-determination-to-succeed-and-the-work-is-half-done/) [Mark Twain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-twain/) > [Many public-school children seem to know only two dates—1492 and 4th of July; and as a rule they don't know what happened on either…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-twain/many-public-school-children-seem-to-know-only-two-dates-1492-and-4th/) [Mark Twain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-twain/) > [If we could imagine such a man, that is a man who could invent the fly and send him out on his mission and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-twain/if-we-could-imagine-such-a-man-that-is-a-man-who-could-invent-the-fly/) [Mark Twain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-twain/) > [You perceive, now, that these things are all impossible except in a dream. You perceive that they are pure and puerile insanities, the silly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-twain/you-perceive-now-that-these-things-are-all-impossible-except-in-a/) [Mark Twain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-twain/) > [Lord save us all from a hope tree that has lost the faculty of putting out blossoms.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-twain/lord-save-us-all-from-a-hope-tree-that-has-lost-the-faculty-of/) [Mark Twain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-twain/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/boxes/mark-twain/#itemlist", "name": "4 Boxes Quotes By Mark Twain", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "When there was room on the ledge outside of the pots and boxes for a cat, the cat was there- in sunny weather- stretched at full length, asleep and blissful, with her furry belly to the sun and a paw curved over her nose.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Mark Twain" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-twain/when-there-was-room-on-the-ledge-outside-of-the-pots-and-boxes-for-a/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6a4/mark-twain-22_belly_when-there-was-room-on-the-ledge-outside_1102133.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6a4/mark-twain-22_belly_when-there-was-room-on-the-ledge-outside_1102133.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6a4/mark-twain-22_belly_when-there-was-room-on-the-ledge-outside_1102133.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“When there was room on the ledge outside of the pots and boxes for a cat, the cat was there- in sunny…” — Mark Twain", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "But in this country we have one great privilege which they don't have in other countries. 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