All Mark Twain Quotes
- Who are the oppressors? The few: the King, the capitalist, and a handful of other overseers and superintendents. Who are the oppressed? The many: the… Bread
- I wonder how much it would take to buy a soap bubble, if there were only one in the world. Bubble
- Name the greatest of all inventors. Accident. Accident
- The human race is a race of cowards; and I am not only marching in that procession but carrying a banner. Banner
- Work consists of whatever a body is obliged to do. Play consists of whatever a body is not obliged to do. Body
- Biographies are but the clothes and buttons of the man. The biography of the man himself cannot be written. Biographies
- George Washington, as a boy, was ignorant of the commonest accomplishments of youth. He could not even lie. Accomplishment
- I have made it a rule never to smoke more that one cigar at a time. Bigotry
- Ideally a book would have no order to it, and the reader would have to discover his own. Book
- Necessity is the mother of taking chances. Business
- To be good is noble; but to show others how to be good is nobler and no trouble. Diversity
- The public is the only critic whose opinion is worth anything at all. All
- Wit is the sudden marriage of ideas which before their union were not perceived to have any relation. Any
- Let us not be too particular; it is better to have old secondhand diamonds than none at all. All
- Often it does seem a pity that Noah and his party did not miss the boat. Boat
- Soap and education are not as sudden as a massacre, but they are more deadly in the long run. Deadly
- We Americans... bear the ark of liberties of the world. American
- We are all alike, on the inside. Alike
- To refuse awards is another way of accepting them with more noise than is normal. Accepting
- Prosperity is the best protector of principle. Best
- Don't go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first. Aging
- Go to Heaven for the climate, Hell for the company. Attitude
- Suppose you were an idiot, and suppose you were a member of Congress; but I repeat myself. Anti Political
- Only one thing is impossible for God: To find any sense in any copyright law on the planet. Any
- Apparently there is nothing that cannot happen today. Apparently