--- title: "20 Young Quotes By Mark Twain" description: "20 Young quotes by Mark Twain. Plus more from Mark Twain and more Young sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e50/mark-twain-22_better_it-is-better-to-be-a-young-june-bug-than_2991297.png" --- > [It is better to be a young June-bug than an old bird of paradise.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-twain/it-is-better-to-be-a-young-june-bug-than-an-old-bird-of-paradise/) [Mark Twain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-twain/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e50/mark-twain-22_better_it-is-better-to-be-a-young-june-bug-than_2991297.png) > [In German, a young lady has no sex, but a turnip has](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-twain/in-german-a-young-lady-has-no-sex-but-a-turnip-has/) [Mark Twain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-twain/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cd5/mark-twain-22_inspirational_in-german-a-young-lady-has-no-sex-but-a_439672.png) > [Frankness is a jewel; only the young can afford it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-twain/frankness-is-a-jewel-only-the-young-can-afford-it/) [Mark Twain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-twain/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9ff/mark-twain-22_afford_frankness-is-a-jewel-only-the-young-can_684028.png) > [There is no sadder sight than a young pessimist.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-twain/there-is-no-sadder-sight-than-a-young-pessimist/) [Mark Twain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-twain/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/131/mark-twain-22_pessimism_there-is-no-sadder-sight-than-a-young-pe_2931059.png) > [Too bad that youth is wasted on the young.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-twain/too-bad-that-youth-is-wasted-on-the-young/) [Mark Twain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-twain/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/197/mark-twain-22_wasted_too-bad-that-youth-is-wasted-on-the-youn_2133489.png) > [It’s not the good that die young, it’s the lucky.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-twain/it-s-not-the-good-that-die-young-it-s-the-lucky/) [Mark Twain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-twain/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d0f/mark-twain-22_die-young_it-s-not-the-good-that-die-young-it-s-th_460162.png) > [It is a pity we can't escape from life when we are young.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-twain/it-is-a-pity-we-can-t-escape-from-life-when-we-are-young/) [Mark Twain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-twain/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/598/mark-twain-22_escape_it-is-a-pity-we-can-t-escape-from-life-w_777531.png) > [I was young and foolish then; now I am old and foolisher.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-twain/i-was-young-and-foolish-then-now-i-am-old-and-foolisher/) [Mark Twain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-twain/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/516/mark-twain-22_age_i-was-young-and-foolish-then-now-i-am-ol_1996407.png) > [When your friends begin to flatter you on how young you look, it's a sure sign you're getting old.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-twain/when-your-friends-begin-to-flatter-you-on-how-young-you-look-it-s-a/) [Mark Twain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-twain/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/36c/mark-twain-22_friendship_when-your-friends-begin-to-flatter-you-o_908308.png) > [At noon I observed a bevy of nude young native women bathing in the sea, and I went and sat down on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-twain/at-noon-i-observed-a-bevy-of-nude-young-native-women-bathing-in-the/) [Mark Twain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-twain/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/869/mark-twain-22_bathing_at-noon-i-observed-a-bevy-of-nude-young_2103561.png) > [It is a good idea to obey all the rules when you're young just so you'll have the strength to break them…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-twain/it-is-a-good-idea-to-obey-all-the-rules-when-you-re-young-just-so-you/) [Mark Twain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-twain/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8e8/mark-twain-22_break_it-is-a-good-idea-to-obey-all-the-rules_1206967.png) > [I was an arden Hayes man, but that was natural, for I was pretty young at the time, I have since convinced…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-twain/i-was-an-arden-hayes-man-but-that-was-natural-for-i-was-pretty-young/) [Mark Twain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-twain/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/104/mark-twain-22_cases_i-was-an-arden-hayes-man-but-that-was-na_3036386.png) > [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) > [Will a day come when the race will detect the funniness of these juvenilities and laugh at them—and by laughing at them…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-twain/will-a-day-come-when-the-race-will-detect-the-funniness-of-these/) [Mark Twain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-twain/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/526/mark-twain-22_assault_will-a-day-come-when-the-race-will-detec_1815693.jpg) > [Saturday morning was come, and all the summer world was bright and fresh, and brimming with life. There was a song in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-twain/saturday-morning-was-come-and-all-the-summer-world-was-bright-and/) [Mark Twain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-twain/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/292/mark-twain-22_air_saturday-morning-was-come-and-all-the-su_317873.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) > [The mind that becomes soiled in youth can never again be washed clean. I know this by my own experience, & to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-twain/the-mind-that-becomes-soiled-in-youth-can-never-again-be-washed-clean/) [Mark Twain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-twain/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b27/mark-twain-22_bitterness_the-mind-that-becomes-soiled-in-youth-ca_2327549.png) > [Some authorities hold that the young ought not to lie at all. That, of course, is putting it rather stronger than necessary;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-twain/some-authorities-hold-that-the-young-ought-not-to-lie-at-all-that-of/) [Mark Twain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-twain/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b7d/mark-twain-22_accomplishment_some-authorities-hold-that-the-young-oug_2425026.png) > [I am aware that I am very old now; but I am also aware that I have never been so young as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-twain/i-am-aware-that-i-am-very-old-now-but-i-am-also-aware-that-i-have/) [Mark Twain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-twain/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/546/mark-twain-22_able_i-am-aware-that-i-am-very-old-now-but-i_1117028.jpg) > [Life was a fairy-tale, then, it is a tragedy now. When I was 43 and John Hay 41 he said life was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-twain/life-was-a-fairy-tale-then-it-is-a-tragedy-now-when-i-was-43-and-john/) [Mark Twain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-twain/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c4d/mark-twain-22_age_life-was-a-fairy-tale-then-it-is-a-trage_868453.png) ## Other authors on Young ## 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/young/mark-twain/#itemlist", "name": "20 Young Quotes By Mark Twain", "numberOfItems": 20, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "It is better to be a young June-bug than an old bird of paradise.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Mark Twain" }, "url": 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