All Mark Twain Quotes
- In religion and politics people's beliefs and convictions are in almost every case gotten at second-hand, and without examination, from authorities who have not themselves… Almost Every
- I shall not often meddle with politics, because we have a political Editor who is already excellent and only needs to serve a term or… Editor
- When you are in politics you are in a wasp's nest with a short shirt-tail, as the saying is. Nest
- Sanity and happiness are an impossible combination Combination
- Success is not the destination, its the journey Destination
- All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence; then success is sure. All
- Each of you, for himself, by himself and on his own responsibility, must speak. And it is a solemn and weighty responsibility, and not lightly… According
- To do something, say something, see something, before anybody else - these are things that confer a pleasure compared with which other pleasures are tame… Action
- Never tell the truth to those unworthy of it.... Never Tell
- It is by the fortune of God that, in this country, we have three benefits: freedom of speech, freedom of thought, and the wisdom never… Benefits
- We must annex those people. We can afflict them with our wise and beneficent government. We can introduce the novelty of thieves, all the way… Afflict
- Wherefore being all of one mind, we do highly resolve that government of the grafted by the grafter for the grafter shall not perish from… All
- Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities. Truth isn't. Fiction
- In my experience, only third-rate intelligence is sent to Legislatures to make laws, because the first-rate article will not leave important private interests go unwatched… Article
- The human race has only one really effective weapon and that is laughter. Effective
- Humor is the great thing, the saving thing. The minute it crops up, all our irritation and resentments slip away, and a sunny spirit takes… All
- Scientists have odious manners, except when you prop up their theory; then you can borrow money of them. Borrow
- Geological time is not money. Geological
- The old man laughed loud and joyously, shook up the details of his anatomy from head to foot, and ended by saying such a laugh… Anatomy
- Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life. The conviction of the rich that the poor are happier is no… Books
- The holy passion of Friendship is of so sweet and steady and loyal and enduring a nature that it will last through a whole life… Asked
- The man who doesn't read good books has no advantage over the man who can't read them. Advantage
- When angry, count four; when very angry, swear Anger
- God has put somrthing noble and good into every heart His hand created. Created
- It is at our mother's knee that we acquire our noblest and truest and highest ideals, but there is seldom any money in them. Acquire