All Mark Twain Quotes
- The difference between a Miracle and a Fact is exactly the difference between a mermaid and a seal. Difference
- We have not the reverent feeling for the rainbow that the savage has, because we know how it is made. We have lost as much… Feeling
- As to the adjective: when in doubt, strike it out. Adjective
- Why do you sit there looking like an envelope without any address on it? Address
- I wonder if God created man because He was disappointed with the monkey. Created
- I was sorry to have my name mentioned as one of the great authors, because they have a sad habit of dying off. Chaucer is… Authors
- Don't wake up a woman in love. Let her dream, so that she does not weep when she returns to her bitter reality Bitter
- Once you've put one of his [Henry James] books down, you simply can't pick it up again. Book
- Use the right word, not its second cousin. Cousin
- To get the right word in the right place is a rare achievement. To condense the diffused light of a page of thought into the… Achievement
- I always take Scotch whiskey at night as a preventive of toothache. I have never had the toothache; and what is more, I never intend… Always Take
- Every person is a book, each year a chapter, Book
- Kings cannot ennoble thee, thou good, great soul, for One who is higher than kings hath done that for thee; but a king can confirm… Confirm
- I couldn't bear to think about it; and yet, somehow, I couldn't think about nothing else. Bear
- If a cat sits on a hot stove, that cat won't sit on a hot stove again. That cat won't sit on a cold stove… Cat
- Now he found out a new thing--namely, that to promise not to do a thing is the surest way in the world to make a… Body
- Let us consider that we are all partially insane. It will explain us to each other; it will unriddle many riddles; it will make clear… All
- Man is the only animal that deals in that atrocity of atrocities War. He is the only one that gathers his brethren about him and… Animal
- When I am king they shall not have bread and shelter only, but also teachings out of books, for a full belly is little worth… Belly
- There are some few people I respect and admire, but I don't think much of the species. Admire
- The only difference between reality and fiction is that fiction needs to be credible. Credible
- The time to begin writing an article is when you have finished it to your satisfaction. By that time you begin to clearly and logically… Article
- The average man don't like trouble and danger. Average
- There warn't anybody at the church, except maybe a hog or two, for there warn't any lock on the door, and hogs likes a puncheon… Any
- Anyone who can only think of one way to spell a word obviously lacks imagination. Anyone