All Mark Twain Quotes
- A woman springs a sudden reproach upon you which provokes a hot retort, and then she will presently ask you to apologize. Apologize
- There are no grades of vanity; there are only grades of ability in concealing it. Ability
- There has been only one Christian. They caught and curcified him-early. Been
- Grown people everywhere are always likely to cling to the religion they were brought up in. Always Likely
- The slowness of one section of the world about adopting the valuable ideas of another section of it is a curious thing and unaccountable. Adopting
- Few of us stand prosperity; another man's I mean. Few
- If you want love and abundance in your life, give it away. Abundance
- Life is but a dream, a grotesque and foolish dream. Crazy
- Throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover. Bowlines
- Concerning the difference between man and the jackass: some observers hold that there isn't any. But this wrongs the jackass. Any
- We like a man to come right out and say what he thinks- if we agree with him. Agree
- It is better to give than receive- especially advice. Advice
- The law of work does seem utterly unfair-but there it is, and nothing can change it: the higher the pay in enjoyment the worker gets… Cash
- The cat, having sat upon a hot stove lid, will not sit upon a hot stove lid again. Nor upon a cold stove lid. Cat
- I simply can´t resist a cat, particularly a purring one. They are the cleanest, cunningest, and most intelligent things I know, outside of the girl… Cat
- When there was room on the ledge outside of the pots and boxes for a cat, the cat was there- in sunny weather- stretched at… Asleep
- I don't like to commit myself about heaven and hell - you see, I have friends in both places. Both
- If you shamefully misuse a cat once she will always maintain a dignified reserve toward you afterward. You will never get her full confidence again. Afterward
- The man who sets out to carry a cat by its tail learns something that will always be useful and which never will grow dim… Carry
- Fleas can be taught nearly anything a congressman can. Congress
- Baccarat is a game whereby the croupier gathers in money with a flexible sculling oar, then rakes it home. If I could have borrowed his… Borrowed
- A man cannot be comfortable without his own approval. There is nothing more satisfying than that sense of being completely "at home" in your own… Achieve
- Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear - not absence of fear. So many look to eradicate fear from their lives, when that is… Absence
- Don't part with your illusions. When they are gone you may still exist, but you have ceased to live. To live a fulfilled life, we… Ceased
- Habit is habit and not to be flung out of the window by any man, but coaxed downstairs a step at a time. You cannot… Any