--- title: "5 July Quotes By Mark Twain" description: "5 July quotes by Mark Twain. Plus more from Mark Twain and more July sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/94c/mark-twain-22_4th-of-july_many-public-school-children-seem-to-know_9725.png" --- > [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…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/94c/mark-twain-22_4th-of-july_many-public-school-children-seem-to-know_9725.png) > [December is the toughest month of the year. Others are July, January, September, April, November, May, March, June, October, August, and February.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-twain/december-is-the-toughest-month-of-the-year-others-are-july-january/) [Mark Twain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-twain/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/784/mark-twain-22_april_december-is-the-toughest-month-of-the-ye_1238910.png) > [July 4. Statistics show that we lose more fools on this day than in all the other days of the year put…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-twain/july-4-statistics-show-that-we-lose-more-fools-on-this-day-than-in/) [Mark Twain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-twain/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/416/mark-twain-22_4th-of-july_july-4-statistics-show-that-we-lose-more_1760156.png) > [The business aspects of the Fourth of July is not perfect as it stands. See what it costs us every year with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-twain/the-business-aspects-of-the-fourth-of-july-is-not-perfect-as-it/) [Mark Twain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-twain/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8f5/mark-twain-22_4th-of-july_the-business-aspects-of-the-fourth-of-ju_2764913.png) > [“Statistics show that we lose more fools on this day than in all the other days of the year put together. This…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-twain/statistics-show-that-we-lose-more-fools-on-this-day-than-in-all-the/) [Mark Twain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-twain/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ccd/mark-twain-22_fools-day_statistics-show-that-we-lose-more-fools_2895465.png) ## Other authors on July - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-frederick-douglass-36177.jpg) Frederick Douglass 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/july/frederick-douglass/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b021/author-ronald-reagan-81107.jpg) Ronald Reagan 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/july/ronald-reagan/) - [Ralph Waldo Emerson 5 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/july/ralph-waldo-emerson/) ## 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/july/mark-twain/#itemlist", "name": "5 July Quotes By Mark Twain", "numberOfItems": 5, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "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 occasion.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Mark Twain" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-twain/many-public-school-children-seem-to-know-only-two-dates-1492-and-4th/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/94c/mark-twain-22_4th-of-july_many-public-school-children-seem-to-know_9725.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/94c/mark-twain-22_4th-of-july_many-public-school-children-seem-to-know_9725.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/94c/mark-twain-22_4th-of-july_many-public-school-children-seem-to-know_9725.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Many public-school children seem to know only two dates—1492 and 4th of July; and as a rule they don't know…” — Mark Twain", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "December is the toughest month of the year. 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