All Mark Twain Quotes
- If Christ were here there is one thing he would not be—a Christian. Atheism
- The common eye sees only the outside of things, and judges by that, but the seeing eye pierces through and reads the heart and the… Capacities
- Man - a figment of God's imagination. Figment
- If books are not good company, where shall I find it? Book
- The true Southern watermelon is a boon apart, and not to be mentioned with commoner things. It is chief of this world'd luxuries, king by… All
- Being made merely in the image of God but not otherwise resembling him enough to be mistaken by anybody but a very near sighted person. Anybody
- You can't throw too much style into a miracle. Inspirational
- He was endowed with a stupidity which by the least little stretch would go around the globe four times and tie. Endowed
- It is higher and nobler to be kind. Higher
- The Mississippi River towns are comely, clean, well built, and pleasing to the eye, and cheering to the spirit. The Mississippi Valley is as reposeful… Built
- There are two times in a man's life when he should not speculate: when he can't afford it, and when he can. Afford
- My kind of loyalty was loyalty to one's country, not to its institutions or its officeholders. The country is the real thing, the substantial thing,… Body
- To be a patriot, one had to say, and keep on saying, "Our Country, right or wrong," and urge on the little war. Have you… Country
- I came in with Halley's Comet in 1835. It is coming again next year, and I expect to go out with it. It will be… Almighty
- Satan hasn't a single salaried helper; the Opposition employs a million. Employs
- A home without a cat — and a well-fed, well-petted and properly revered cat — may be a perfect home, perhaps, but how can it… Cat
- Education: that which reveals to the wise, and conceals from the stupid, the vast limits of their knowledge. Beer
- A cat is more intelligent than people believe, and can be taught any crime. Any
- whenever the literary german dives into a sentence, this is the last you are going to see of him till he emerges on the other… Atlantic
- If we would learn what the human race really is at bottom, we need only observe it in election times. Bottom
- great people are those who make others feel that they, too, can become great. Become Great
- I notice that you use plain, simple language, short words and brief sentences. That is the way to write English―it is the modern way and… Adjective
- A half-truth is the most cowardly of lies. Cowardice
- There are some books that refuse to be written. They stand their ground year after year and will not be persuaded. It isn't because the… Book
- Reality can be beaten with enough imagination. Beaten