All Mark Twain Quotes
- Courage is not the absence of fear, but the mastery of it. Absence
- Agassiz does recommend authors to eat fish, because the phosphorus in it makes brains. But I cannot help you to a decision about the amount… Agassiz
- One of the brightest gems in the New England weather is the dazzling uncertainty of it. Brightest
- To us, our house was not unsentient matter -- it had a heart, and a soul, and eyes to see us with; and approvals and… Approval
- To be great, truly great, you have to be the kind of person who makes the others around you great. Great
- No church property is taxed and so the infidel and the atheist and the man without religion are taxed to make up the deficit. Atheist
- I have always been rather better treated in San Francisco than I actually deserved. Been
- No one can tell me what is a good cigar--for me. I am the only judge... There are no standards--no real standards. Each man's preference… Accept
- I smoke in moderation. Only one cigar at a time. Cigar
- Do not complain about growing old. It is a privilege denied to many. Complain
- Life is short, break the rules. Break
- There is no such thing as a new idea. We simply take a lot of old ideas and put them into a sort of mental… Idea
- The Indian may seem poor to we rich Westerners but in matters of the spirit it is we who are the paupers and they who… Indian
- The principle of give and take is the principle of diplomacy - give one and take ten Consequences
- A gifted person ought to learn English (barring spelling and pronouncing) in thirty hours, French in thirty days, and German in thirty years. Barring
- A journalist is a reporter out of a job. Inspirational
- Don't use a five-dollar word when a fifty-cent word will do. Cent
- Names are not always what they seem. The common Welsh name Bzjxxllwcp is pronounced Jackson. Common
- The ancients stole all our ideas from us. All
- Why should anybody want to save the human race, or damn it either? Does God want its society? Does Satan? Anybody
- History doesn't repeat itself; it rhymes. Funny
- No one can write perfect English and keep it up through a stretch of ten chapters. It has never been done. Been
- All good things arrive unto them that wait - and don't die in the meantime. All
- The unspoken word is capital. We can invest it or we can squander it. Capital
- You may say a cat uses good grammar. Well, a cat does -- but you let a cat get excited once; you let a cat… Aggravating