All Mark Twain Quotes
- Pessimism is only the name that men of weak nerve give to wisdom. Give
- A man never reaches that dizzy height of wisdom when he can no longer be led by the nose. Dizzy
- Of the delights of this world, man cares most for sexual intercourse, yet he has left it out of his heaven. Care
- I repeat, sir, that in whatever position you place a woman she is an ornament to society and a treasure to the world. As a… Almighty
- I wrote 'Tom Sawyer' and 'Huck Finn' for adults exclusively, and it always distressed me when I find that boys and girls have been allowed… Access
- In all the ages the Roman Church has owned slaves, bought and sold slaves, authorized and encouraged her children to trade in them. . .… Age
- The poetry is all in the anticipation, for there is none in reality. All
- Each of you, for himself, by himself and on his own responsibility, must speak. Each
- Patriotism is merely a religion-love of country, worship of country, devotion to the country's flag and honor and welfare. Country
- My kind of loyalty was loyalty to one's country, not to its institutions or its office-holders. Country
- When the doctrine of allegiance to party can utterly up-end a man's moral constitution and make a temporary fool of him besides, what excuse are… Allegiance
- If all men were rich, all men would be poor. All
- I begin to see that a man's got to be in his own heaven to be happy. Begin
- And always we had wars, and more wars, and still other wars - all over Europe, all over the world. "Sometimes in the private interest… Aggressor
- I found out that I was a Christian for revenue only and I could not bear the thought of that, it was so ignoble. Bear
- The exercise of an extraordinary gift is the supremest pleasure in life. Exercise
- A pilot must have a memory developed to absolute perfection. But there are two higher qualities which he also must have. He must have good… Absolute
- We all live in the protection of certain cowardices which we call our principles. All
- Don't look at the world with your hands in your pockets. To write about it you have to reach out and touch it. Hands
- He has been a doctor a year now and has had two patients - no, three, I think - yes, it was three; I attended… Attended