Change is the handmaiden Nature requires to do her miracles with. — Mark Twain Change Copy Share Image
“Eh bien! I no see not that that frog has nothing of better than another.” — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
Hain't we got all the fools in town on our side? And hain't that a big enough majority in any town? — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous, he will not bite you; that is the principal difference between… — Mark Twain Animal Copy Share Image
The less there is to justify a traditional custom, the harder it is to get rid of it — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
Those that respect the law and love sausage should watch neither being made. — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
“The difference between nonfiction and fiction is that fiction must be absolutely believable.” — Mark Twain Fiction Copy Share Image
It is a wise child that knows its own father, and an unusual one that unreservedly approves of him. — Mark Twain Children Copy Share Image
The idea that no gentleman ever swears is all wrong. He can swear and still be a gentleman if he does it… — Mark Twain Affectionate Copy Share Image
That is just the way with some people. They get down on a thing when they don’t know nothing about it. — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
“We met a great many other interesting people, among them Lewis Carroll, author of the immortal "Alice"--but he was only interesting to… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
“The Church still prizes the Moral Sense as man's noblest asset today, although the Church knows God had a distinctly poor opinion… — Mark Twain Character Copy Share Image
Warm summer sun, shine kindly here. Warm southern wind, blow softly here. Green sod above, lie light, lie light. Good night, dear… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
“It was a close place. I took it up, and held it in my hand. I was a trembling, because I'd got… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
To write without pay until somebody offers pay. If nobody offers pay within three years, the candidate may look upon this circumstance… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
There is nothing in the world like a persuasive speech to fuddle the mental apparatus and upset the convictions and debauch the… — Mark Twain Audience Copy Share Image
“A person that started in to carry a cat home by the tail was getting knowledge that was always going to be… — Mark Twain Cat Copy Share Image
I have done more for San Francisco than any of its old residents. Since I left there it has increased in population… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
“Say, do we kill the women too?" "Well, Ben Rogers, if I was as ignorant as you I wouldn't let on. Kill… — mark twain Books Copy Share Image
“You think you are reading proof, whereas you are merely reading your own mind; your statement of the thing is full of… — Mark Twain Books Copy Share Image
A brown spotted lady-bug climbed the dizzy height of a grass blade, and Tom bent down close to it and said, "Lady-bug,… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
“If we hadn’t our bewitching autumn foliage, we should still have to credit the weather with one feature which compensates for all… — Mark Twain Autumn Copy Share Image
“Under our infamous laws the seducer is not punished, and is not even disgraced, but his victim and all her family and… — Mark Twain Family Copy Share Image
The kernel, the soul let us go further and say the substance, the bulk, the actual and valuable material of all… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
“One day on the plains he had an angry dispute with one of his wagon-drivers, and both drew their revolvers. But the… — Mark Twain Art Copy Share Image
“Covek je stvorenje nacinjeno na kraju radne nedelje kad se Bog umorio. I cemu je trebalo celi ovaj globus stvarati u zurbi,… — Mark Twain Filosofia Copy Share Image
Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambition. — Mark Twain Achieve greatness Copy Share Image
“the easiest way to get along in life is to not cause too many quarrels” — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
I am not given to exaggeration, and when I say a thing I mean it. — Mark Twain Exaggeration Copy Share Image
Cold! If the thermometer had been an inch longer we'd have frozen to death. — Mark Twain Cold Copy Share Image
A friend is someone who stays in when the rest of the world has gone out. — Mark Twain Flower Copy Share Image
