Drop this mean and sordid and selfish devotion to the saving of your shabby little souls, and hunt up something to do… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
Those that respect the law and love sausage should watch neither being made. — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
I am admonished in many ways that time is pushing me inexorably along. I am approaching the threshold of age; in 1977… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
We grant God the possession of all the qualities of mind except the one that keeps the others healthy; that watches over… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
My brother had just been appointed Secretary of Nevada Territory--an office of such majesty that it concentrated in itself the duties and… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
Our inner strengths, experiences, and truths cannot be lost, destroyed, or taken away. Every person has an inborn worth and can contribute… — Mark Twain 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 Copy Share Image
If you had made the acquiring of ignorance the study of your life, you could not have graduated with higher honor than you could… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
“The Creator sat upon the throne, thinking. Behind him stretched the illimitable continent of heaven, steeped in a glory of light and color; before… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
A man accustomed to American food and American domestic cookery would not starve to death suddenly in Europe, but I think he would gradually… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
I never write Metropolis for seven cents because I can get the same price for city. I never write policeman because I can get… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
The higher animals get their teeth without pain or inconvenience. Man gets his through months and months of cruel torture; he will never get… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
“As far as I can see, Italy, for fifteen hundred years, has turned all her energies, all her finances, and all her industry to… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
Begin with the determination to succeed and the work is half done already. — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
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… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
