All Mark Twain Quotes
- All war must be just the killing of strangers against whom you feel no personal animosity; strangers whom, in other circumstances, you would help if… All
- A wanton waste of projectiles. Inspirational
- An inglorious peace is better than a dishonorable war. Better
- Citizenship is what makes a republic - monarchies can get along without it. Along
- The test of any good fiction is that you should care something for the characters; the good to succeed, the bad to fail. The trouble… All
- I conceive that the right way to write a story for boys is to write so that it will not only interest boys but strongly… Any
- It is no use to keep private information which you can't show off. Information
- Experience of life (not of books) is the only capital usable in such a book as you have attempted; one can make no judicious use… Attempted
- Well, my book is written-let it go. But if it were only to write over again there wouldn't be so many things left out. They… Besides
- Let us guess that whenever we read a sentence & like it, we unconsciously store it away in our model-chamber; & it goes, with the… Brick
- Anybody can have ideas-the difficulty is to express them without squandering a quire of paper on an idea that ought to be reduced to one… Anybody
- I never write "metropolis" for seven cents when I can write "city" and get paid the same. Cents
- Figures don't lie, but liars figure. Figure
- A railroad is like a lie you have to keep building it to make it stand. Building
- I played Chess with him and would have beaten him sometimes only he always took back his last move, and ran the game out differently Always Took
- It is noble to teach oneself; it is still nobler to teach others. Noble
- Man is the only slave. And he is the only animal who enslaves. He has always been a slave in one form or another, and… Always Held
- He could charm an audience an hour on a stretch without ever getting rid of an idea. Audience
- The Germans are exceedingly fond of Rhine wines; they are put up in tall, slender bottles, and are considered a pleasant beverage. One tells them… Beverage
- Indecency, vulgarity, obscenity - these are strictly confined to man; he invented them. Among the higher animals there is no trace of them. They hide… Among
- Adam and Eve entered the world naked and unashamed - naked and pure-minded. And no descendant of theirs has ever entered it otherwise. All have… Acquire
- The waves most washed me off the raft sometimes, but I hadn't any clothes on, and didn't mind. Any
- The convention missionaries call "modesty" has no standard, and cannot have one, because it is opposed to nature and reason and is therefore an artificiality… Artificiality
- There's nobody for me to attack in this matter even with soft and gentle ridicule-and I shouldn't ever think of using a grown up weapon… All
- Diligence is a good thing, but taking things easy is much more restful. Diligence