All Mark Twain Quotes
- To eat is human, to digest, divine Digest
- It is often the case that a man who can't tell a lie thinks he is the best judge of one. Best
- I wish to become rich, so that I can instruct the people and glorify honest poverty a little, like those kind hearted, fat, benevolent people… Avarice
- Whatever you say, say it with conviction Confidence
- Weather is a literary specialty, and no untrained hand can turn out a good article on it Article
- It was enough to make a body ashamed of the human race. Ashamed
- God's noblest work. Man who found it out? Man. Effort
- The kingly office is entitled to no respect. It was originally procured by the highwayman's methods. It remains a perpetuated crime, can never be anything… Crime
- We all do no end of feeling, and we mistake it for thinking. And out of it we get an aggregation which we consider a… Aggregation
- It is wiser to find out than to suppose. Change
- When I'm playful I use the meridians of longitude and parallels of latitude for a seine, and drag the Atlantic Ocean for whales. I scratch… Atlantic
- Stars are good too. I wish I could get some to put in my hair. But I suppose I never can. You would be surprised… All
- All schools, all colleges have two great functions: to confer, and to conceal valuable knowledge. All
- In the laboratory there are no fustian ranks, no brummagem aristocracies; the domain of Science is a republic, and all its citizens are brothers and… All
- I have been scientifically studying the traits and dispositions of the "lower animals" (so-called,) and contrasting them with the traits and dispositions of man. I… Allegiance
- Scientists have odious manners, except when you prop up their theory; then you can borrow money off them. Borrow
- Such is professional jealousy; a scientist will never show any kindness for a theory which he did not start himself. Any
- That is the way of the scientist. He will spend thirty years in building up a mountain range of facts with the intent to prove… Accumulation
- I never could do anything with figures, never had any talent for mathematics, never accomplished anything in my efforts at that rugged study, and to-day… Accomplished
- It is a good idea to obey all the rules when you're young just so you'll have the strength to break them when you're old. All