All Mark Twain Quotes
- Really, what we want now, is not laws against crime, but a law against insanity. That is where the true evil lies. Crime
- Once I talked to the inmates of an insane asylum in Hartford. I have talked to idiots a thousand times, but only once to the… Asylum
- No one is sane, straight along, year in and year out, and we all know it. Our insanities are of varying sorts, and express themselves… All
- ...we all know that in all matters of mere opinion that [every] man is insane-just as insane as we are...we know exactly where to put… Adversaries
- The average American may not know who his grandfather was. But the American was, however, one degree better off than the average Frenchman who, as… America
- What is there that confers the noblest delight? What is that which swells a man's breast with pride above that which any other experience can… Any
- Your actions speak so much louder than words. Action
- The work that is really a man's own work is play and not work at all. All
- When a man's dog turns against hime, it is time for his wife to pack her trunk and go home to mamma. Dog
- What is the most rigorous law of our being? Growth. No smallest atom of our moral, mental, or physical structure can stand still a year.… Atom
- A public library is the most enduring of memorials, the trustiest monument for the preservation of an event or a name or an affection; for… Affection
- I was a-trembling, because I'd got to decide, forever, betwixt two things, and I knowed it. Betwixt
- [Do you worry unnecessarily about the future? Remember most fears are just False Evidence Appearing Real. Don't let unfounded fears rob you of the joys… Actually Happened
- There is nothing training cannot do. Nothing is above its reach. It can turn bad morals to good; it can destroy bad principles and recreate… Bad
- My advice to girls: first, don't smoke - to excess; second, don't drink - to excess; third, don't marry - to excess. Advice
- I would rather go to bed with Lillian Russell stark naked than Ulysses S Grant in full military regalia. Bed
- I was in one of the most grand attitudes I ever struck, with my arm stretched up pointing to the sun. It was a noble… Arm
- Adam was the luckiest man in the world. He had no mother-in-law. Adam
- Every man is a moon; he has a side no one sees. Every Man
- What, then, is the true Gospel of consistency? Change. Who is the really consistent man? The man who changes. Since change is the law of… Change