All Mark Twain Quotes
- There will never be a "perfect" time to quit smoking. A time when you don't have any distractions or stress... If you had started today… Ago
- I have been an author for 20 years and an ass for 55. Ass
- Nothing spoils a good story like the arrival of an eyewitness. Arrival
- We could use up two Eternities in learning all that is to be learned about our own world and the thousands of nations that have… All
- Men write many fine and plausible arguments in support of monarchy, but the fact remains that where every man has a voice, brutal laws are… Argument
- It is a dear and lovely disposition, and a most valuable one, that can brush away indignities and discourtesies and seek and find the pleasanter… Brush
- That optimist of yours is always ready to turn hell's backyard into a play-ground. Always Ready
- ...fry me an optimist for breakfast. Breakfast
- The pulpit and the optimist are always talking about the human race's steady march toward ultimate perfection. As usual, they leave out the statistics. It… Always Talking
- Optimist: day dreamer more elegantly spelled. Day
- Optimist: day-dreamer in his small clothes. Clothes
- The trouble with most of us is that we know too much that ain't so. Ignorance
- Nothing is so ignorant as a man's left hand, except a lady's watch. Except
- The ignorant are afraid to betray surprise or admiration...they think it ill manners. Admiration
- ...ignorant as the unborne babe! ignorant as unborn twins! Babe
- We never knew an ignorant person yet but was prejudiced. Ignorance
- ...one should be gentle with the ignorant, for they are the chosen of God. Chosen
- Therein lies the defect of revenge: it's all in the anticipation; the thing itself is a pain, not a pleasure; at least the pain is… All
- It may be called the Master Passion, the hunger for self-approval. Approval
- A marriage. . .will give a new gladness to the sunshine, a new fragrance to the flowers, a new beauty to the earth, and a… Beauty
- Why was the human race created? Or at least why wasn't something creditable created in place of it? God had His opportunity. He could have… Came
- One mustn't criticize other people on grounds where he can't stand perpendicular himself Criticism
- Out of the depths of my happy heart wells a great tide of love and prayer for this priceless treasure that is confided to my… Beating
- Experience, the only logic sure to convince a diseased imagination and restore it to rugged health. Convince
- If I were required to guess off-hand, and without collusion with higher minds, what is the bottom cause of the amazing material and intellectual advancement… Advancement