Knowledge becomes wisdom only after it has been put to good use. — Mark Twain Conflict Copy Share Image
Once you've put one of his books down, you simply can't pick it up again. — Mark Twain Book Copy Share Image
Richard Wagner: A composer whose music is better than it sounds — Mark Twain Composer Copy Share Image
After my marriage she edited everything I wrote. And what is more, she not only edited my works, she edited me. — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
“Who gave his angels eternal happiness unearned, yet required his other children to earn it?” — Mark Twain Angels Copy Share Image
The difference between those that succeed and those that fail is, those that succeeded tried. — Mark Twain Differences Copy Share Image
In Boston they ask, how much does he know? In New York, how much is he worth? In Philadelphia, who were his… — Mark Twain Boston Copy Share Image
Really, what we want now, is not laws against crime, but a law against insanity. That is where the true evil lies. — Mark Twain Crime Copy Share Image
April 1. This is the day upon which we are reminded of what we are on the other three hundred and sixty-four.. — Mark Twain April Copy Share Image
“he could be suspected of knowing anything about the murder, but still he could not be comfortable in the midst of this… — Mark Twain Gossip Copy Share Image
Delicacy - a sad, sad false delicacy - robs literature of the two best things among its belongings: Family-circle narratives and obscene… — Mark Twain Belonging Copy Share Image
“Descoperise fără să ştie că pentru a face pe om să dorească un lucru, fie că-i bărbat în toată firea, fie că-i… — Mark Twain Amor Copy Share Image
...the circumstances and the atmosphere always have so much to do in directing a conversation, especially a German conversation, which is only… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
“Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and today -- all without seeing him. It is a long time to be alone; still, it is better… — Mark Twain Animals Copy Share Image
How superbly brave is the Englishman in the presence of the awfulest forms of danger and death; and how abject in the… — Mark Twain Brave Copy Share Image
In religion and politics people's beliefs and convictions are in almost every case gotten at second-hand, and without examination, from authorities who… — Mark Twain Faith Copy Share Image
All gentle cant and philosophizing to the contrary notwithstanding, no people in this world ever did achieve their freedom by goody-goody talk… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
The fear of lightning is one of the most distressing infirmities a human being can be afflicted with. It is mostly confined… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
Each nation knowing it has the only true religion and the only sane system of government, each despising all the others, each… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
Man is the Reasoning Animal. Such is the claim. I think it is open to dispute. Indeed, my experiments have proven to… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
“The Shepherdsons done the same. It was pretty ornery preaching—all about brotherly love, and such-like tiresomeness; but everybody said it was a… — Mark Twain Brotherly love Copy Share Image
When even the brightest mind in our world has been trained up from childhood in a superstition of any kind, it will… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
Sometimes I lifted a chicken that warn't roosting comfortable, and took him along. Pap always said, take a chicken when you get… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
He said that man’s heart was the only bad heart in the animal kingdom; that man was the only animal capable of… — Mark Twain Animal Copy Share Image
I am admonished in many ways that time is pushing me inexorably along. I am approaching the threshold of age; in 1977… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
“What a wee little part of a person's life are his acts and his words! His real life is lead in his… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
“Fear drove many on deck that were used to avoiding the night winds and the spray. Some thought the vessel could not… — Mark Twain Fear Copy Share Image
Do not complain about growing old. It is a privilege denied to many. — Mark Twain Ageing Copy Share Image
Everyone is a moon, and has a dark side which he never shows to anybody. — Mark Twain Dark Copy Share Image
