There are many humorous things in the world; among them, the white man's notion that he is less savage than the other… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
I once sent a dozen of my friends a telegram saying 'flee at once - all is discovered.' They all left town… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
Authorship is not a trade, it is an inspiration; authorship does not keep an office, its habitation is all out under the… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
If to be interesting is to be uncommonplace, it is becoming a question, with me, if there are any commonplace people — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
Italy is the home of art and swindling; home of religion and moral rottenness — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
Deep down in me I knowed it was a lie, and He knowed it. You can't pray a lie - I found… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
There is nothing more awe-inspiring than a miracle except the credulity that can take it at par. — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
Do something everyday that you don't want to do; this is the golden rule for acquiring the habit of doing your duty… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
All men have heard of the Mormon Bible, but few except the "elect" have seen it, or, at least, taken the trouble… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
I could never learn to like her, except on a raft at sea with no other provisions in sight. — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
I prefer milk because I am a Prohibitionist, but I do not go to it for inspiration. — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
God has put somrthing noble and good into every heart His hand created. — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
If I were required to guess off-hand, and without collusion with higher minds, what is the bottom cause of the amazing material… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
Only a government that is rich and safe can afford to be a democracy, for democracy is the most expensive and nefarious… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
Franklin said once in one of his inspired flights of malignity-- Early to bed and early to rise Make a man healthy… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
“The boys were amazed that I could make such a poem as that out of my own head, and so was I,… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
The law of work seems unfair, but nothing can change it; the more enjoyment you get out of your work, the more… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
Names are not always what they seem. The common Welsh name Bzjxxllwcp is pronounced Jackson. — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
An Englishman is a person who does things because they have been done before. An American is a person who does things… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
Fame is a vapor, popularity an accident; the only earthly certainty is oblivion. — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
As one boy said, 'I was thinking all these horrible thoughts about my parents when suddenly it hit me-if they're all that… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
The only difference between a tax man and a taxidermist is that the taxidermist leaves the skin. — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
There is no character, howsoever good and fine, but it can be destroyed by ridicule, howsoever poor and witless. — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
A man never reaches that dizzy height of wisdom when he can no longer be led by the nose. — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
In India, 'cold weather' is merely a conventional phrase and has come into use through the necessity of having some way to… — 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
