A round man cannot be expected to fit in a square hole right away. He must have time to modify his shape. — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
“Herodotus says, "Very few things happen at the right time, and the rest do not happen at all: the conscientious historian will… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
You have noticed that the human being is a curiosity. In times past he has had (and worn out and flung away)… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
“All the first years, their only question had been -- asked with beseechings and tears that might have moved stone, in time,… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
“That which I have seen, in that little moment, will never go out from my memory, but will abide there; and I… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
Time and tide wait for no man. A pompous and self-satisfied proverb, and was true for a billion years; but in our… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
It takes me a long time to lose my temper, but once lost I could not find it with a dog. — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
“It reminded me of a time thirteen centuries away, when the "poor whites" of our South who were always despised and frequently… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
“The reign of Edward VI was a singularly merciful one for those harsh times. Now that we are taking leave of him… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
“by and by it got sort of lonesome, and so I went and set on the bank and listened to the current… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
“Tom Sawyer the Pirate looked around upon the envying juveniles about him and confessed in his heart that this was the proudest… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
There's a good spot tucked away somewhere in everybody. You'll be a long time finding it, sometimes. — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
But the elastic heart of youth cannot be compressed into one constrained shape long at a time. — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
There will never be a "perfect" time to quit smoking. A time when you don't have any distractions or stress... If you… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
A distinguished man should be as particular about his last words as he is about his last breath. He should write them… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
The lie, as a virtue, a principle, is eternal; the lie, as a recreation, a solace, a refuge in time of need,… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
“It was such ecstacy to dream, and dream - till you got a bite. A scorpion bite. Then the first duty was… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
It was on the 10th day of May - 1884 - that I confessed to age by mounting spectacles for the first… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
Habit is habit, and not to be flung out of the window by any man, but coaxed down-stairs one step at a… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
The first time a student realizes that a little learning is a dangerous thing is when he brings home a poor report… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
There was a great difference in boats, of course. For a long time I was on a boat that was so slow… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
“The first time the Deity came down to earth, he brought life and death; when he came the second time, he brought… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
There are two times in a man's life when he should not speculate: when he can't afford it, and when he can. — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
There is in life only one moment and in eternity only one. It is so brief that it is represented by the… — 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
