--- title: "19 Hundred Quotes By Mark Twain" description: "19 Hundred quotes by Mark Twain. Plus more from Mark Twain and more Hundred sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7ad/mark-twain-22_anger_when-angry-count-to-a-hundred-933417_933417.png" --- > [When angry, count to a hundred.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-twain/when-angry-count-to-a-hundred/) [Mark Twain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-twain/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7ad/mark-twain-22_anger_when-angry-count-to-a-hundred-933417_933417.png) > [When a person is accustomed to one hundred and thirty-eight in the shade, his ideas about cold weather are not valuable.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-twain/when-a-person-is-accustomed-to-one-hundred-and-thirty-eight-in-the/) [Mark Twain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-twain/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/24c/mark-twain-22_accustomed_when-a-person-is-accustomed-to-one-hundr_2732226.png) > [April 1. This is the day upon which we are reminded of what we are on the other three hundred and sixty-four..](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-twain/april-1-this-is-the-day-upon-which-we-are-reminded-of-what-we-are-on/) [Mark Twain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-twain/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f66/mark-twain-22_april_april-1-this-is-the-day-upon-which-we-ar_1955356.png) > [ More than two hundred death penalties are gone from the law books, but the \[biblical\] texts that authorised them remain. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-twain/more-than-two-hundred-death-penalties-are-gone-from-the-law-books-but/) [Mark Twain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-twain/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fa0/mark-twain-22_bible_more-than-two-hundred-death-penalties-ar_2288236.png) > [There is a sumptuous variety about the New England weather... In the spring I have counted one hundred and twenty-six different kinds…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-twain/there-is-a-sumptuous-variety-about-the-new-england-weather-in-the/) [Mark Twain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-twain/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/381/mark-twain-22_different_there-is-a-sumptuous-variety-about-the-n_308843.png) > [Annihilation has no terrors for me, because I have already tried it before I was born --a hundred million years --and I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-twain/annihilation-has-no-terrors-for-me-because-i-have-already-tried-it/) [Mark Twain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-twain/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e2c/mark-twain-22_annihilation_annihilation-has-no-terrors-for-me-becau_2006773.png) > [It is sound judgment to put on a bold face and play your hand for a hundred times what it is worth;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-twain/it-is-sound-judgment-to-put-on-a-bold-face-and-play-your-hand-for-a/) [Mark Twain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-twain/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ad8/mark-twain-22_chips_it-is-sound-judgment-to-put-on-a-bold-fa_1478426.png) > [We can secure other people's approval, if we do right and try hard; but our own is worth a hundred of it,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-twain/we-can-secure-other-people-s-approval-if-we-do-right-and-try-hard-but/) [Mark Twain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-twain/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e64/mark-twain-22_approval_we-can-secure-other-people-s-approval-if_734192.png) > [The Koran does not permit Mohammedans to drink. Their natural instincts do not permit them to be moral. They say the Sultan…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-twain/the-koran-does-not-permit-mohammedans-to-drink-their-natural/) [Mark Twain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-twain/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a35/mark-twain-22_amount_the-koran-does-not-permit-mohammedans-to_1306405.png) > [Man has been here 32,000 years. That it took a hundred million years to prepare the world for him is proof that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-twain/man-has-been-here-32-000-years-that-it-took-a-hundred-million-years/) [Mark Twain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-twain/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/933/mark-twain-22_age_man-has-been-here-32-000-years-that-it-t_1105910.png) > [In the space of one hundred and seventy-six years the Mississippi has shortened itself two hundred and forty-two miles. Therefore, in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-twain/in-the-space-of-one-hundred-and-seventy-six-years-the-mississippi-has/) [Mark Twain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-twain/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1f4/mark-twain-22_conjecture_in-the-space-of-one-hundred-and-seventy_1312583.png) > [My brother had just been appointed Secretary of Nevada Territory--an office of such majesty that it concentrated in itself the duties and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-twain/my-brother-had-just-been-appointed-secretary-of-nevada-territory-an/) [Mark Twain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-twain/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9a1/mark-twain-22_absence_my-brother-had-just-been-appointed-secre_2851708.jpg) > [In our day we don't allow a hundred and thirty years to elapse between glimpses of a marvel. If somebody should discover…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-twain/in-our-day-we-don-t-allow-a-hundred-and-thirty-years-to-elapse/) [Mark Twain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-twain/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b59/mark-twain-22_adventure_in-our-day-we-don-t-allow-a-hundred-and_926192.png) > [There are no witches. The witch text remains; only the practice has changed. Hell fire is gone, but the text remains. Infant…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-twain/there-are-no-witches-the-witch-text-remains-only-the-practice-has/) [Mark Twain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-twain/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/579/mark-twain-22_book_there-are-no-witches-the-witch-text-rema_792388.jpg) > [Solomon, who was one of the Deity's favorites, had a copulation cabinet composed of seven hundred wives and three hundred concubines. To…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-twain/solomon-who-was-one-of-the-deity-s-favorites-had-a-copulation-cabinet/) [Mark Twain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-twain/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/57c/mark-twain-22_cabinets_solomon-who-was-one-of-the-deity-s-favor_1627840.jpg) > [There is one notable thing about our Christianity: bad, bloody, merciless, money-grabbing and predatory as it is - in our country particularly,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-twain/there-is-one-notable-thing-about-our-christianity-bad-bloody-2/) [Mark Twain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-twain/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/21e/mark-twain-22_bible_there-is-one-notable-thing-about-our-chr_2679492.png) > [Very well, then, where do we arrive? Where do we arrive with our respect, our homage, our filial affection? At Adam! At…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-twain/very-well-then-where-do-we-arrive-where-do-we-arrive-with-our-respect/) [Mark Twain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-twain/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bfa/mark-twain-22_adam_very-well-then-where-do-we-arrive-where_2462437.png) > [The so-called Christian nations are the most enlightened and progressive ... but in spite of their religion, not because of it. The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-twain/the-so-called-christian-nations-are-the-most-enlightened-and/) [Mark Twain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-twain/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c20/mark-twain-22_architecture_the-so-called-christian-nations-are-the_1229706.jpg) > [Annihilation has no terrors for me, because I have already tried it before I was born -a hundred million years -and I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-twain/annihilation-has-no-terrors-for-me-because-i-have-already-tried-it-2/) [Mark Twain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-twain/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3ce/mark-twain-22_absence_annihilation-has-no-terrors-for-me-becau_3107016.jpg) ## Other authors on Hundred ## 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/hundred/mark-twain/#itemlist", "name": "19 Hundred Quotes By Mark Twain", "numberOfItems": 19, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "When angry, count to a hundred.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Mark Twain" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-twain/when-angry-count-to-a-hundred/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7ad/mark-twain-22_anger_when-angry-count-to-a-hundred-933417_933417.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7ad/mark-twain-22_anger_when-angry-count-to-a-hundred-933417_933417.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7ad/mark-twain-22_anger_when-angry-count-to-a-hundred-933417_933417.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“When angry, count to a hundred.” — Mark Twain", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "When a person is accustomed to one hundred and thirty-eight in the shade, his ideas about cold weather are not valuable.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Mark Twain" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-twain/when-a-person-is-accustomed-to-one-hundred-and-thirty-eight-in-the/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/24c/mark-twain-22_accustomed_when-a-person-is-accustomed-to-one-hundr_2732226.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/24c/mark-twain-22_accustomed_when-a-person-is-accustomed-to-one-hundr_2732226.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/24c/mark-twain-22_accustomed_when-a-person-is-accustomed-to-one-hundr_2732226.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“When a person is accustomed to one hundred and thirty-eight in the shade, his ideas about cold weather are…” — Mark Twain", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "April 1. 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