All Mark Twain Quotes
- The English are mentioned in the Bible; Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth. Bible
- I am the entire human race compacted together. I have found that there is no ingredient of the race which I do not possess in… Compacted
- It is agreed, in this country, that if a man can arrange his religion so that it perfectly satisfies his conscience, it is not incumbent… Agreed
- We all do no end of feeling, and we mistake it for thinking. All
- I think a compliment ought always to precede a complaint, where one is possible, because it softens resentment and insures for the complaint a courteous… Complaint
- It is not worth while to try to keep history from repeating itself, for man's character will always make the preventing of the repetitions impossible. Always Make
- The New York papers have long known that no large question is ever really settled until I have been consulted. Been
- Let your secret sympathies and your compassion be always with the under dog in the fight -- this is magnanimity; but bet on the other… Bet
- Where prejudice exists it always discolors our thoughts. Discolors
- If you invent two or three people and turn them loose in your manuscript, something is bound to happen to them -- you can't help… All
- Whatever you have lived, you can write & by hard work & a genuine apprenticeship, you can learn to write well; but what you have… Apprenticeship
- I'm merely running some errands. This is now off the record. Errands
- Can it be possible that the painters make John the Baptist a Spaniard in Madrid and an Irishman in Dublin? Baptist
- We need not worry so much about what man descends from; it's what he descends to that shames the human race. Descends
- There's always something about your success that displeases even your best friends. Always Something
- I was warned to stop smoking, which I did, for two or three days, but it was too lonesome, and I have resumed - in… Balance
- Wit and Humor - if any difference, it is in duration - lightning and electric light. Same material, apparently; but one is vivid, and can… Along
- There is nothing more awe-inspiring than a miracle except the credulity that can take it at par. Awe
- What are the proper proportions of a maxim? A minimum of sound to a maximum of sense. Inspirational
- France has neither winter nor summer nor morals. Apart from these drawbacks it is a fine country. Apart
- Duties are not performed for duty's sake, but because their neglect would make the man uncomfortable. A man performs but one duty - the duty… Accountability
- Data is like garbage. You'd better know what you are going to do with it before you collect it. Better
- What is human life? The first third a good time; the rest remembering about it. First Third
- My first American ancestor, gentlemen, was an Indian-an early Indian. Your ancestors skinned him alive, and I am an orphan. All those Salem witches were… Africa
- He was such a good man that people hated to see him coming. Coming