All Mark Twain Quotes
- I am persuaded that the world has been tricked into adopting some false and most pernicious notions about consistency - and to such a degree… Adopting
- Customs do not concern themselves with right or wrong or reason. But they have to be obeyed; one reasons all around them until he is… All
- Nothing seems to please a fly so much as to be taken for a currant; and if it can be baked in a cake and… Baked
- It is a gratification to me to know that I am ignorant of art... Because people who understand art find nothing in pictures but blemishes... Art
- If Christians should vote their duty to God at the polls, they would carry every election, and do it with ease. They would elect every… Afterward
- If the Christians of America could be persuaded to vote God and a clean ticket, it would bring about a moral revolution that would be… America
- Truth is such a precious article - let us all economize in its use. All
- If you should rear a duck in the heart of the Sahara, no doubt it would swim if you brought it to the Nile. Brought
- There are too many stars in some places and not enough in others. Many
- A man's first duty is to his own conscience and honor; the party and country come second to that, and never first. Come Second
- Conscience, man's moral medicine chest. Chest
- In all the ages, three-fourths of the support of the great charities has been conscience money. Age
- Every citizen of the republic ought to consider himself an unofficial policeman, and keep unsalaried watch and ward over the laws and their execution. Citizen
- That cat will write her autograph all over your leg if you let her. All
- The happy phrasing of a compliment is one of the rarest of human gifts, and the happy delivery of it another. Compliment
- Never put off until tomorrow what you can avoid altogether. A clean desk is a sign of a cluttered desk drawer. All you need in… All
- Never run after you own hat - others will be delighted to do it; why spoil their fun? Advice
- Wherefore, I beseech you let the dog and the onions and these people of the strange and godless names work out their several salvations from… Beseech
- One frequently only finds out how really beautiful a really beautiful woman is after considerable acquaintance with her; and the rule applies to Niagara Falls,… Acquaintance
- When some men discharge an obligation, you can hear the report for miles around. Discharge
- They all laid their heads together like as many lawyers when they are gettin' ready to prove that a man's heirs ain't got any right… All
- To succeed in the other trades, capacity must be shown; in the law, concealment of it will do. Capacity
- For instance, take this sample: he has imagined a heaven, and has left entirely out of it the supremest of all his delights, the one… All
- Do something everyday that you don't want to do. Action
- The report of my illness grew out of his (James Clemens) illness. The report of my death was an exaggeration. Clemens